Friday, 06 November, 2009
At last, a legend for the new millennium. A legend in the Homeric sense of a myth, the“word that speaks” which has flowered here through song: pure enchantment and sensational power, like Caruso, Gigli, Del Monaco, Corelli…
A legend (of Andrea Bocelli’s stature) is not created by design: the most astute marketing would never be able to produce such a result. It is simply that people “recognize” him and he has a following in the most far flung parts of the world (and so for the artist the greatest adventure begins: bearing the responsibility for those millions of souls who ask to identify themselves in his voice, to unlock and interpret their deepest needs – first and foremost, the need for beauty.)
And so it happened, in an apparently equal context (a singing competition, a showcase of popular songs), and yet – with hindsight – the ideal, in fact the most perfect place: the infancy of a legend followed a careful course which went beyond imagination, broke traditions and created its own originality.