Andrea Bocelli Tour Information
In 1995, Andrea Bocelli had a performance during "Night of the Proms," a famous yearly concert consisting of a combination of pop music and popular classical music in Antwerp, Belgium. In November of 1996, Andrea sang the song in duet with English soprano Sarah Brightman in Germany. Changing the title lyric of the song from "Con te partir" to "Time to Say Goodbye." They sang it as a farewell song for the German boxing champion, Henry Maske's last bout. As the German public paid tribute to their departing hero, the arena was filled with the glorious sound of "Time to Say Goodbye." The single was released and shot to No. 1 where it resided for 14 weeks. With sales nearing three million copies, and a sextuple platinum award, Time to Say Goodbye eclipsed the previous best-selling single by over 1 million copies He also appeared in Sesame Street singing a duet with Elmo.
In subsequent years Bocelli performed in Paris, Bologna, Torre del Lago and Vatican City. He also topped the Spanish singles chart in 1996 with a duet with Marta Sanchez. He released further albums until entering the US market in 1998, with a concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and a White House reception. Both that year and in 1999, Bocelli embarked on tours to North and South America and duets with Celine Dion, and performed the first Internet live opera broadcast in its entirety from the Detroit Opera House.
In 2002, Bocelli repeated his America tour, winning two World Music Awards. Since then, he has continued his career with concert appearances throughout the world. Then, in 2006, Bocelli worked with the six finalists of American Idol to help them sing "classic love songs." Bocelli and Katharine McPhee's duets of "Somos Novios" and "The Prayer" were performed at his California concerts. They also performed and recorded duet versions of "Somos Novios" on the album for JCPenney Jam, a prime time television special produced by EVI, and "Can't Help Falling in Love" on Bocelli's "Amore" album. On July 1, 2007, Bocelli performed "Music of the Night" from Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Phantom of the Opera, during the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in London, England. He continues to record and tour the world.