Andrea Bocelli Offers Intimate Christmas Performance TodayFrom The Stunning Frassasi Caves In Genga, ItalyClick BELOW To Watch “A Christmas Prayer” on Friday, December 18 at 1:00 pm EST on Facebook Live5-Song Performance and Poetry Reading Celebrate The Power of Music to Soothe The SoulOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY Shore Fire Media Andrea Bocelli will offer his fans an intimate Christmas performance “A Christmas Prayer” today at 1:00 pm EST on Facebook Live from the spectacular Frasassi Caves in Genga, Italy. The 5-song performance and special poetry reading will take place in the most famous show caves in the world. Frasassi Caves were created by calcareous stratifications over 190 million years old creating a stunning and magical environment of limestone formations. Pianist Carlo Bernini joins Bocelli, along with dancer Brittany O’Connor. Click BELOW to watch the performance. This unique performance book ends a year of spectacular and record-breaking livestream events for Bocelli. Last week, Bocelli performed one of the largest single ticketed livestream events for classical music with his “Believe in Christmas” concert from the Teatro Regio Di Parma, Italy. The show sold more than 70,000 tickets to a global audience from 120 different countries and featured Bocelli’s show stopping performance of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah along with his 8-year old daughter Virginia. Click BELOW to watch. In a moment that made the world stand still last April, Bocelli broke multiple records with an emotionally-charged solo performance streamed live from the Duomo in Milan. Bocelli’s record-breaking ‘Music for Hope’ performance at Easter was watched live by millions around the globe. As one of the biggest musical livestream performances of all-time it achieved the largest simultaneous audience for a classical livestream in YouTube history with more than 28 million views from across the globe in its first 24 hours. The video has since achieved nearly 42 million views. These moving performances accompany the release of Bocelli's new album Believe, a poignant and personal collection of songs, celebrating the power of music to soothe the soul. Co-produced by Steven Mercurio and Haydn Bendall, Believe features duets with Alison Krauss and Cecilia Bartoli – two singers whose distinctive voices are celebrated around the world. The album also includes a previously unreleased track from the late, great Italian composer Ennio Morricone. Believe also features ‘Gratia Plena’ – the closing song from the critically acclaimed new movie, Fatima. To watch the powerful rendition of “Amazing Grace” with Alison Krauss - click BELOW. “A Christmas Prayer” Set List: Caro Gesù Bambino White Christmas Pianissimo Fratello Sole Sorella Luna (Dolce è sentire) Poem by Andrea Bocelli Silent Night
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December 18, 2020 12:08pm ET by Shore Fire Media |