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11 December 2021, 00:01

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See Andrea Bocelli live as he performs for the very first time in the Scottish Highlands, with special guest superstar violinist Nicola Benedetti.

Andrea Bocelli will perform in a spectacular outdoor show at Inverness Caledonian Stadium next summer in Scotland as part of his world tour, with special guest Nicola Benedetti .

The two leading musicians will perform together at The Caledonian Stadium, as Bocelli makes his debut in the Scottish Highlands on Friday 1 July 2022.

Bocelli is one of the world’s most loved tenors, who last year made history with his Milan cathedral concert, which became the biggest ever classical live stream with more than 28 million views in its first 24 hours.

The singer said of his Inverness performance: “It will be more than a concert: it will represent a personal joy for me, an important debut of my mature career. It will give me the huge privilege to take my voice to one of the most fascinating places on earth, full of history, beauty and poetry.

“After this long and difficult time that has shaken all of humanity, going back to the UK will be incredibly emotional: the returning sunshine after the storm. As in the words of the popular ballad I already feel like ‘My heart’s in the Highlands’!”

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Bocelli’s 2022 tour will take him to several venues across Europe and the United States, from Denmark and the United Kingdom to Texas, US.

At his Inverness concert, the star tenor performing some of the all-time great tenor arias, accompanied by a soprano and other guest artists, including Nicola Benedetti.

Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, Benedetti is one of the most in-demand violinists of her generation, and a force for change in music education.

She said, “I’m hugely excited to be playing at the Caledonian Stadium, Inverness for a great crowd in my home country,” she said. “Thank you so much to Andrea Bocelli for this invitation. I can’t wait.”

In addition to the great Italian operatic repertoire, Bocelli will perform Neapolitan and Italian songs, as well as some debut live performances of songs from the new album Believe.

Scot Gardiner, CEO of Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, said: “Everyone at Inverness Caledonian Thistle is delighted to be able to welcome the world-renowned and respected artist Andrea Bocelli to the Caledonian Stadium next summer.

“It is a huge feather in the cap of the club, the City of Inverness and indeed the Highlands of Scotland. Andrea Bocelli is a world star who has made the crossover from being the most loved tenor on the planet to being known to music fans the world over and we are honoured to be hosting his incredible World Tour in Inverness. I am sure that music fans from all over Scotland and beyond will flock to see this fabulous concert.”

Find out more and buy tickets at www.ictcc.co.uk .

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Andrea Bocelli has confirmed he will tour the UK throughout 2022, performing in Inverness, Liverpool, Glasgow, Birmingham and Sheffield. Presale tickets for the tour are available from 10am on Thursday 10 June. Sign up below to receive the presale link straight to your inbox. General sale tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 11 June.

Andrea Bocelli is a multi-award-winning opera singer, songwriter and music producer. Over his four-decade career, the tenor has amassed an endless list of opera credits. He has taken on roles in Romeo and Juliet , Carmen , Madame Butterfly , Werther and many more. His voice has been described as 'the most beautiful in the world' by various critics and is considered the world's most beloved tenor.

With over 17 studio albums to his name and multiple collaborative works, Bocelli has plenty of material to take on tour throughout 2022 including new material from his 2020 album Believe .

Andrea Bocelli 2022 UK tour dates: Fri 1 Jul – Caledonian Thistle F.C, Inverness Sun 18 Sep – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool Tue 20 Sep – SSE Hydro Arena, Glasgow Sat 24 Sep – Utilita Arena, Birmingham Sun 25 Sep – Fly DSA Arena, Sheffield

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ANDREA BOCELLI – WORLD TOUR ANNOUNCES VERY SPECIAL GUEST NICOLA BENEDETTI

ANDREA BOCELLI – WORLD TOUR

LIVE AT THE CALEDONIAN STADIUM, INVERNESS, SCOTLAND ON FRIDAY 1 JULY 2022

ANNOUNCES VERY SPECIAL GUEST

NICOLA BENEDETTI

Andrea Bocelli , The defining tenor of our era, live for the very first time in the Highlands of Scotland. Today it was announced that Scotland’s own classical superstar Nicola Benedetti will appear as very special guest on the show.

Bocelli will perform as part of his World Tour during his first visit to the Scottish Highlands for this spectacular outdoor show at The Caledonian Stadium, Inverness, Scotland on Friday 1 st  July 2022. 

Nicola Benedetti said, ‘I’m hugely excited to be playing at the Caledonian Stadium, Inverness for a great crowd in my home country. Thank you so much to Andrea Bocelli for this invitation. I can’t wait.’

Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, Nicola Benedetti is one of the most sought-after violinists of her generation. Her ability to captivate audiences and her wide appeal as an advocate for classical music has made her one of the most influential artists of today. 

In 2021-2022, Nicola opens the Barbican Centre’s season and amongst others, collaborates with the London Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Cincinnati Symphony. Other season highlights include engagements with LA Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, play-directing with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and tours to Spain with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Asia with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 

In April 2021 Nicola gave the world premiere of Mark Simpson’s Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda – receiving critically acclaimed reviews. Winner of the GRAMMY Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo in 2020, as well as Best Female Artist at both 2012 and 2013 Classical BRIT Awards, Nicola records exclusively for Decca (Universal Music). Her latest recordings of Vivaldi Concerti and Elgar’s Violin Concerto entered at number one in the UK’s Official Classical Album Chart. Other recent recordings include her GRAMMY award-winning album written especially for her by jazz musician Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D and Fiddle Dance Suite for Solo Violin. 

Nicola was appointed a CBE in 2019, awarded the Queen’s Medal for Music (2017), and an MBE in 2013. In addition, Nicola holds the positions of Vice President (National Children’s Orchestras), Big Sister (Sistema Scotland), Patron (National Youth Orchestras of Scotland’s Junior Orchestra, Music in Secondary Schools Trust and Junior Conservatoire at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). In January 2020, Nicola launched The Benedetti Foundation, delivering sessions providing tutorials and inspirational workshops.

Tickets are available online now at  www.ictcc.co.uk   Ticket Hotline 0344 338 8000 Accessible Bookings 0800 640 5001

The Highland’s music lovers will for the first time, experience the remarkable voice of the Italian tenor who has been called “ The Tenor of Our Time ” and famously by Celine Dion “ The Voice Of God ” !  It is a remarkable voice that touches the heart of listeners, equally whether performing the greatest Italian opera arias or anthemic, classically inspired modern pop.  In his remarkable career he has sold some 90 million albums, taking opera music to a whole new audience, in doing so becoming the biggest selling classical soloist in recording industry history. 

“It will be more than a concert: it will represent a personal joy for me, an important debut of my mature career. It will give me the huge privilege to take my voice to one of the most fascinating places on earth, full of history, beauty and poetry.    

 After this long and difficult time that has shaken all of humanity, going back to the UK will be incredibly emotional: the returning sunshine after the storm. As in the words of the popular ballad  I already feel like   “My heart’s in the Highlands”!”   

Andrea Bocelli 

This spectacular concert will feature arguably the greatest tenor of our age, in the prime of his vocal talents performing the greatest opera arias of all time.  Andrea will perform with a full orchestra and choir and will be accompanied by a soprano and other guest artists to be announced. The programme will be bursting with passion and romance.  

In addition to the great Italian operatic repertoire there will be selections from the Neapolitan and Italian popular song traditions, as well as some new songs from Andrea’s popular repertoire, and notably some debut live performances of songs from the new album “Believe”.  

Scot Gardiner CEO at Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club said “Everyone at Inverness Caledonian Thistle is delighted to be able to welcome the world renowned and respected artiste Andrea Bocelli to the Caledonian Stadium next summer. 

It is a huge feather in the cap of the club, the City of Inverness and indeed the Highlands of Scotland. 

Andrea Bocelli is a world star who has made the crossover from being the most loved tenor on the planet to being known to music fans the world over and we are honoured to be hosting his incredible World Tour in Inverness. I am sure that music fans from all over Scotland and beyond will flock to see this fabulous concert.“

Bocelli’s performances are always an occasion.  He has performed at venues including The Eiffel Tower, The Statue Of Liberty, The Pyramids, The Leaning Tower of Pisa and in the Vatican City. His performances have graced internationally televised events from The Euro 2000 Concert in Rotterdam to the 2006 Winter Olympic Closing Ceremony, to The Oscars, The Grammys and Live 8. On March 22, 2019, the President of the Italian Republic invited him to hold a concert at the Pauline Chapel in the Quirinal Palace in Rome, for the state visit to Italy of the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping. 

He has sung at numerous galas, for US Presidents to British Royalty, and his poignant duties have included singing at events from the Vatican Millennial celebrations, where he performed the official hymn marking the new millennium, to the memorial service held at the site of World Trade Centre, where he was asked by Mayor Giuliani to sing Ave Maria.  He even had the great personal honour of singing during the wedding service of fellow Italian tenor, the legendary Luciano Pavarotti.   

‘Believe’ the new album and livestream concert from Christmas 2020, follows Bocelli’s record-breaking ‘Music for Hope’ performance at Easter from the historic Duomo cathedral in Milan which was watched live by millions around the globe. As one of the biggest musical livestream performances of all-time and with over 3 million peak concurrent viewers, it achieved the largest simultaneous audience for a classical livestream in YouTube history. The video received more than 28 million views from across the globe in its first 24 hours.

Believe , co-produced by Steven Mercurio and Haydn Bendall, is a selection of songs that have inspired and sustained Bocelli over the years. There are duets with Alison Krauss and Cecilia Bartoli – two singers whose distinctive voices are celebrated around the world – plus a previously unreleased track from the late, great Italian composer Ennio Morricone, as well as ‘Gratia Plena’ – the closing song from the critically acclaimed new movie,  Fatima . Bocelli has also composed his own settings of ‘Ave Maria’ and ‘Padre Nostro’ specially for this record.

The themes explored in this new recording are deeply personal to Bocelli, who says, “The concept behind ‘Believe’ is based on three words: faith, hope and charity. These are the three theological virtues of Christianity, yet – quite independently of any religious belief – they are also the three extraordinary keys to giving meaning and completeness to the lives of every one of us.”

Musically gifted from birth, Andrea Bocelli is one of the most celebrated singers in modern history,   performing at major international events including the Olympic Games and the World Cup, as well as his own sell-out arena shows around the world. He has a Golden Globe, seven Classical BRITs and seven World Music Awards under his belt, plus a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His previous album,  Si , reached No.1 on both the US and UK charts.

With a decorated career spanning more than a quarter of a century, having amassed millions of fans around the world with his emotive and instantly recognisable voice, Bocelli has collaborated with a host of A-list stars including Luciano Pavarotti, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Céline Dion, Tony Bennett, Alison Krauss and many more.

Ultimately, Bocelli understands that all music is good for the soul in a way that taps into the most subtle nuances of humanity, irrespective of individual belief: “Good music brings with it a powerful message of peace and fellowship, teaching us about beauty, and helping us to open our hearts and minds.”

While he may have the popular touch, Bocelli retains critical respect.  Gramophone, the bible of classical music identifies Andrea Bocelli as “ one of the most natural, graceful and relaxed tenors of today ” praising his “ powerful tenor of distinctive timbre “, his “ elegant tones “, his “ fine unwavering definition “, his “ remarkable breath of phrase “, delivered “ beautifully sustained ” and “ without a suspicion of strain “. Respected US classical critic Richard Dyer states simply; “ Bocelli is The Real Deal “.

ANDREA BOCELLI – LIVE AT THE CALEDONIAN STADIUM, INVERNESS, SCOTLAND ON FRIDAY 1 JULY 2022

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Andrea Bocelli  will bring his  Believe World Tour  to the UK and Ireland in 2022. Andrea Bocelli tickets go on sale at 10am today.

The Italian tenor will perform at the Caledonian Stadium in Inverness on July 1 — marking his first visit to the Scottish Highlands — followed by arena performances in Liverpool, Glasgow, Belfast, Birmingham and Sheffield in September.

He has also rescheduled his concerts in Dublin and London for a second time to fit alongside the new dates. Original tickets remain valid. Discussing his summer stop in Scotland, he said:

"It will be more than a concert: it will represent a personal joy for me, an important debut of my mature career. It will give me the huge privilege to take my voice to one of the most fascinating places on earth, full of history, beauty and poetry. "After this long and difficult time that has shaken all of humanity, going back to the UK will be incredibly emotional: the returning sunshine after the storm. As in the words of the popular ballad I already feel like ’My heart’s in the Highlands’!"

The trek shares its name with Bocelli’s latest album, released in November 2020. He also has a handful of European concerts in the diary for this summer, followed by North American shows, returning for further gigs across Europe during the first half of 2022.

Andrea Bocelli Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows

Fri July 01 2022 - INVERNESS Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C Sun September 18 2022 - LIVERPOOL M&S Bank Arena Tue September 20 2022 - GLASGOW SSE Hydro Thu September 22 2022 - BELFAST SSE Arena Belfast Sat September 24 2022 - BIRMINGHAM Utilita Arena Sun September 25 2022 - SHEFFIELD FlyDSA Arena Sheffield Tue September 27 2022 - DUBLIN 3Arena Wed September 28 2022 - DUBLIN 3Arena Fri September 30 2022 - LONDON O2 Arena Sat October 01 2022 - LONDON O2 Arena Wed October 13 2021 - MILWAUKEE Wisconsin - Fiserv Forum (USA) Thu October 14 2021 - ROSEMONT Illinois - Allstate Arena (USA) Sat October 16 2021 - KANSAS CITY Missouri - T-Mobile Center (USA) Sun October 17 2021 - ST LOUIS Missouri - Enterprise Center (USA) Wed October 20 2021 - DALLAS Texas - American Airlines Center (USA) Thu October 21 2021 - HOUSTON Texas - Toyota Center - TX (USA) Sat October 23 2021 - SACRAMENTO California - Golden 1 Center (USA) Sun October 24 2021 - LOS ANGELES California - Hollywood Bowl (USA) Sat October 30 2021 - SALT LAKE CITY Utah - Vivint Arena (USA) Sun October 31 2021 - DENVER Colorado - Ball Arena (USA) Wed November 03 2021 - SEATTLE Washington - Climate Pledge Arena (USA) Thu November 04 2021 - PORTLAND Oregon - Moda Center (USA) Thu December 02 2021 - CLEVELAND Ohio - Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (USA) Sat December 04 2021 - PITTSBURGH Pennsylvania - PPG Paints Arena (USA) Sun December 05 2021 - DETROIT Michigan - Little Caesars Arena (USA) Wed December 08 2021 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Wells Fargo Center - PA (USA) Sat December 11 2021 - BOSTON Massachusetts - TD Garden (USA) Sun December 12 2021 - WASHINGTON District Of Columbia - Capital One Arena (USA) Wed December 15 2021 - NEW YORK New York - Madison Square Garden (USA) Thu December 16 2021 - NEW YORK New York - Madison Square Garden (USA) Sat December 18 2021 - MIAMI Florida - FTX Arena (formerly AmericanAirlines Arena) (USA) Sun December 19 2021 - ORLANDO Florida - Amway Center (USA) Mon June 21 2021 - ROME Terme Di Caracallo (Italy) Sat June 26 2021 - COIMBRA Estadio Cidade (Portugal) Thu July 22 2021 - LAJATICO Teatro del Silenzio (Italy) Sat July 24 2021 - LAJATICO Teatro del Silenzio (Italy) Sat August 21 2021 - WARSAW PGE Narodowy (Poland) Sat August 28 2021 - KRAKOW Tauron Arena (Poland) Sat September 11 2021 - KLAGENFURT Worthersee Stadium (Austria) Wed September 15 2021 - MAROSTICA Piazza Castello (Italy) Fri September 24 2021 - ZURICH Hallenstadion (Switzerland) Sat November 06 2021 - VIENNA Stadhalle (Austria) Mon January 10 2022 - AMSTERDAM Ziggo Dome (Netherlands) Tue January 11 2022 - AMSTERDAM Ziggo Dome (Netherlands) Sat January 29 2022 - HAMBURG Elbphilharmonie (Germany) Thu March 03 2022 - PARIS AccorHotels Arena (France) Sat March 05 2022 - ANTWERP Soportpalais (Belgium) Wed May 25 2022 - OBERHAUSEN Konig Pilsener Arena (Germany) Fri May 27 2022 - MANNHEIM SAP Arena (Germany) Tue May 31 2022 - LEIPZIG Quarterback Immobilen Arena (Germany) Thu June 02 2022 - BERLIN Mercedez Benz Arena (Germany)

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REVIEW: Andrea Bocelli stuns Inverness with once in a generation performance

Many could hardly believe it when it was announced last year that world-renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli would perform live at Inverness’ Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.

But yesterday evening, the time finally came and Bocelli pulled out all the stops in what was a truly magnificent performance.

With the rain drizzling and ponchos at the ready, you couldn’t help but feel a tinge of Pavarotti’s famous Hyde Park concert in 1991 as a certain other Italian tenor’s vocals wowed in Inverness.

Bocelli quoted Burns in the run up to the show saying that his “heart is [also] in the Highlands” and as he graced the audience with one aria to another, many more hearts joined with his last night.

This wasn’t the type of performance you’d see every week in the Highlands – it was a once in a generation spectacle that will live long in the memory of those lucky enough to make it.

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Having sold more than 90 million albums in his career, Bocelli is the biggest selling classical soloist in recording industry history.

To have a performer of such magnitude visit Inverness was a rare sight for everyone in attendance.

Walking onto the stage, Bocelli was duly greeted with widespread applause after an emotive opening overture from the on-stage orchestra, Vitosha Philharmonic, conducted excellently by Marcello Rota.

Bocelli kicked off proceedings with one of the most famous arias ever written – Guiseppe Verdi’s La Donna È Mobile – and it was clear that this night would be something special.

Gazing out across the crowd, people young and old took the chance to catch the performer deemed to be one of the greatest living tenors of our era.

Hushes of anticipation fell with every song transition and the attentiveness among the audience showed how much respect they had for the performance, displayed in such a one-off setting.

Stadium setting

There’s something special about seeing live music being performed in the open air.

Large-scale football stadiums often pair well for equally large concerts, but to say Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s stadium was also a clear suit would be debatable.

Yet, as Bocelli’s inimitable tenor vocals echoed around the ground, the size of the stadium made for a more intimate feeling performance than the likes of a 50,000-seater show.

To capture a truer Highland feeling, it could have only been topped if we were all perched atop nearby Craig Phadrig with Bocelli in fine song – but logistics would’ve had a bit of a say in that.

Nonetheless, the audience were certainly made to feel physically and emotionally connected with the performance and to achieve this in an open-air setting, which can often be difficult, was highly commendable for Bocelli and his stunning array of guests.

Notable appearances

The first half of the performance consisted mainly of classic Italian arias.

Romanian soprano singer, Cristina Pasaroiu, almost stole the show from Bocelli with her achingly beautiful vocal displays.

Her duets with Bocelli throughout were one of the main highlights of the show; the pair’s vocals intertwined harmoniously and their on-stage connection was palpable.

In particular, Bocelli and Pasaroiu’s rendition of La Traviata was a real high-point and concluded the first half of the show superbly.

However, this came after the Bocelli’s special guest, Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti, took to the stage to showcase a delicately tender violin piece that brimmed with emotion.

Welcoming the audience back to their chairs after a drizzly interval, Benedetti joked about the typical Scottish weather making a timely appearance before playing one of her own pieces of music – and one of the most powerful of the night.

“I wrote this piece all about Scotland,” Benedetti declared and there was something magical about its violin melodies, backed beautifully by the orchestra, that evoked a deep-rooted sense of home that was fitting for the occasion.

Versatile show

Bocelli’s performance was part of his Believe world tour , which came off the back of his new album featuring a selection of songs that have inspired the artist throughout his career.

Bocelli has been known to introduce pop elements into his music over the years and with the introduction of pop guest, singer Ilaria Della Bidia, this section of the show went down well with the Inverness audience.

Sensuous Latin numbers and a charming rendition of Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World offered nice versatility in the setlist.

Contemporary dance performances by Angelica Gismondo added to this longside a short cinematic style performance played by the orchestra with a montage dedicated to Italian director Federico Fellini projected on the background screen.

Elite performance

But just as Bocelli looked as though he was about to head off backstage, out came his specially designed Inverness Caledonian Thistle tartan suit and the final parts of the show that everyone had been waiting for.

O Sole Mio, a Neapolitan classic, was the first of three encores performed by Bocelli to round off the performance in style.

“Sing with me, if you know this one,” he proclaimed to the crowd and to hear such a recognisable tune being performed by a world-renowned performer was nothing short of mesmerising.

A heartwarming duet of Time to Say Goodbye with Pasaroiu followed, inducing a few tears here or there and prompting many in the audience to sing along.

But the pièce de résistance for the great tenor, as many expected, came with his rendition of Nessun Dorma.

Bocelli’s legato vocals (performed in a smooth, flowing manner) added his own signature touch to the classic piece.

He comfortably reached the glass-shattering high B note that’s both the dream and nightmare of the world’s greatest tenors in awe-inspiring fashion, inducing goosebumps of warmth among the shivery, grey night.

For Bocelli, having now achieved his “personal joy” of doing his first ever performance in the Highlands – and hopefully not his last – it’s fair to say that a piece of his heart will now always remain here.

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