His famous icons well regard him. In 2009, Elizabeth Taylor said, "My mind, my soul was transported by his beauty, his voice, his inner being" after seeing his Hollywood Bowl performance. Celine Dion has stated, "if God would have a singing voice, he must sound a lot like Andrea Bocelli." Jazz singer Al Jarrea and producer David Foster have declared Bocelli's voice to be "the most beautiful voice in the world." Oprah Winfrey announced on her talk show, "when I hear Andrea sing, I burst into tears."

Other Endeavors

In 2011, Andrea Bocelli established the Andrea Bocelli Foundation to "empower people and communities in situations of poverty." "I strongly believe that love does justice," he said. "And it is for this simple reason that we are all responsible for building a better world." He has also participated in numerous charity benefit concerts, such as the Michael Jackson benefit in 1998, the Memorial Concert at Ground Zero in honor of the September 11 victims, the Music of Asia festival in 2004 for the Indian tsunami appeal, the 52nd Grammy Awards alongside Mary J. Blige and David Foster to raise awareness for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the Children in Need Rocks Manchester concert in November 2011. Additionally, Bocelli worked alongside his hometown of Lajatico in 2006 to build an outdoor theatre named "Teatro del Silenzio" (The Theater of Silence). Every July, for one night only, Bocelli performs a concert there, while the other nights of the year remain silent.

Beliefs

Bocelli is a devoted Catholic and is passionately pro-life. Doctors had advised his mother to abort him in the womb due to his impaired eyesight. Fortunately, she did not, and her decision formed the basis of his beliefs. Nonetheless, he prefers not to discuss his blindness when it can be avoided, asking interviewers to "move on to the next question." Regarding Religion, he states, "Religion has the highest priority in my life. I don't think anyone can do anything without the help and will of God." "It is not Christian to oppose someone. I am in favor of life. And, of course, I do not agree with the idea of being able to terminate life arbitrarily."

Latest works

Andrea Bocelli's fifteenth studio album, Cinema, was released on October 23, 2015. It includes renditions of classic film soundtracks and scores, as well as duets with Ariana Grande, Nicole Scherzinger, and his wife, Veronica Berti. It is available on iTunes and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. The Spanish-language version was nominated for Album of the Year at the 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles. As part of Leicester City's Premier League title celebrations, Bocelli performed at the King Power Stadium on May 7, 2016. "Perfect Symphony," a collaboration between Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli, was released on December 15, 2017. The song is a duet version of Ed Sheeran's "Perfect," with many of the original English lyrics being sung in Italian instead of the original English lyrics. Bocelli's first single in fourteen years, "If Only," was released in June 2018 and became a hit worldwide. Bocelli released the single "Fall On Me" on September 20, 2018, which features vocals from his son Matteo. The two danced to the song on the episode of Dancing With the Stars that aired on October 22. It was released in October as an English-language version, and it was used as the end credit song for the Walt Disney Pictures film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. Both songs can be found on Bocelli's latest studio album, S, released on October 26, 2018.

In honor of his close friend Sarah, the Duchess of York, Bocelli performed two songs at the royal wedding of her daughter Princess Eugenie on October 12, 2018, at her request: the Ave Maria by Bach and Gounod, and Panis angelicus by César Franck. Bocelli performed a sold-out concert at the 'Winter at Tantora' festival, held for the first time in Saudi Arabia on February 1, 2019. Three songs by Bocelli, including "Fall On Me," were performed at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples on July 3, 2019, including "Fall On Me" with his son Matteo, during the opening ceremony. Bocelli performed an Easter Sunday concert from an empty Milan Cathedral on April 12, 2020, during the national COVID-19 lockdowns in Italy, with cathedral organist Emanuele Vianelli accompanying him. A live stream of the performance, titled "Music For Hope - Live From Duomo di Milano," was broadcasted on YouTube, where it can still be viewed in its entirety. Approximately 5 million people tuned in to watch the Livestream performance, and by April 13, 2020, the archived video had received more than 32 million views. Andrea Bocelli performed The Italian National Anthem at the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix on September 13, 2020. Believe, a new album by Bocelli, was released in November 2020 in response to the Covid pandemic and featured recent songs related to the pandemic. In 2021, he performed the Puccini opera "Nessun Dorma" at the Opening Ceremony of the UEFA European Football Championship, held in Rome, Italy, on June 11, 2021.