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Andrea Bocelli Worried About His Latest Christmas Album for Months
When Christmas comes to town, Andrea Bocelli never celebrates alone.
After a twelvemonth of touring and making caller music, the 64-year-old operatic tenor knows December is a month to travel traditions and marque memories with sons Amos, 27, Matteo, 25, and daughter Virginia, 10.
But little than a month before Santa's large arrival, Andrea whitethorn person already received the greatest gift of all: teaming up with his 2 youngest kids connected a magical vacation album.
"I deliberation this medium is fundamentally their medium due to the fact that they worked a lot," Andrea told E! News successful an exclusive interview. "Their voices are precise fresh, precise young and I'm precise blessed with this. It was a large work to make an medium with and for my children."
And though helium acknowledged occurrence is ne'er guaranteed, A Family Christmas quickly shot to No. 1 connected iTunes Top Holiday Albums. And now, Andrea volition beryllium joined by his household connected his U.S. tour, which volition footwear disconnected Dec. 1 successful San Francisco, Calif.
"Around the world, I did my champion to bring the champion music, particularly the champion Italian music," Andrea said. "This year, we person this caller task and for the archetypal time, I volition beryllium connected signifier with my children. It volition beryllium an incredibly moving moment—I anticipation besides for the audience."
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The magic, however, isn't conscionable connected stage. If you inquire Virginia and Matteo, holidays successful the Bocelli household person ever been special.
"Every year, each Christmas, thing caller and antithetic happens," Virginia told E! "I've ne'er recovered not adjacent 1 Christmas disappointing." Among the highlights for the autochthonal Italians, "We emotion our food," shared Virginia, "and truthful we devour precise well. We devour tortellini."
Before they eat, though, praying is simply a must.
"Dad says the archetypal happening we bash connected Christmas greeting is we spell to the wide and past helium says, ‘The ngo is accomplished,'" Virginia said. "Then we tin bash immoderate you want."
High connected that database is indulging successful household time.
"Christmas reminds maine and to everyone successful wide that we're each agreed each together," said Matteo, who is acceptable to merchandise his archetypal solo medium successful 2023. "My father, since we were little, ever gave a batch of value to the values the household brings."
Regardless of who you walk the holidays with, Andrea hopes his latest assemblage of euphony conveys messages of anticipation and love.
"In this album, we sang a beauteous song," Andrea said. "The lyrics are, ‘Joy to the world, the Lord is come, fto Earth person her King.' This is the heavy meaning of Christmas and the play of Christmas for me."
Watch the Bocellis execute during the Christmas successful Rockefeller Center peculiar airing Nov. 30 astatine 8 p.m. connected NBC.
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