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05-08-2015
Given back
to its rural landscape, that magic space dedicated
to silence, has returned to the silence of the
open countryside as of today.
It is even difficult to think of what has
witnessed – of the alchemy it has spread all
around – this valley among the rolling hills
surrounding my little Lajatico: and yet, once
transformed into theatrical space, has gathered,
for the rehearsals and for the two performances,
more than twenty-five thousand people coming from
all over the world!
It has welcomed on its provisional stage with its
scenes made of cultivated fields, some of the best
musicians in business today, from the baton of
Zubin Mehta – the greatest opera conductor in
the world – to marvelous opera singers,
instrumentalists and pop stars…
It seems a dream whose moral is that there is no
impossible dream: the essential is to believe in
it, pursuing it with passion, enthusiasm and
determination. This is what have done all those
who have contributed to the success of the tenth
edition of the Teatro del Silenzio. A round figure
that this year has been accompanied by other
personal anniversaries: twenty years of “Con te
partirò”, thirty years of strong collaboration
and friendship with Carlo Bernini, companion of
many musical adventures, when not at the piano, on
stage, like for the concert of August 4th.
An affectionate and heartfelt thank you to my
brother,
Alberto Bocelli
, to my wife Veronica, to Alberto and Ilaria
Bartalini, to Vittorio Quattrone and his staff, to
the Associazione Teatro del Silenzio, to the
artistic, technical, logistic and organizational
team, to the police, to the volunteers of the
“Andrea Bocelli Foundation” (this year coming
also from England Spain, and Unites States…In
addition of course to the “family” volunteers:
my sons, the tireless Charlotte and my nieces and
nephews). A warm “thank you” goes to all the
people in Lajatico, to my audience, and to the
journalists, who have followed and publicized the
events.
A deeply grateful thought, is for the great
artists, who have accepted my invitation, thus
welcoming the challenge of such an unusual stage.
Thanks to the wonderful protagonists of August 2nd
“Turandot”: Maestro Maestro Zubin Mehta, the
director Marina Bianchi, the production designer
Italo Grassi, the artists of the choir, the
musicians of the “Maggio Fiorentino” and the
marvelous voice cast: Elena Pankratova, Alexander
Tsymbaliuk, Maria Katzarava, Germán Olvera, Pablo
García López, Roberto Covatta, Javier Agullò…
I would like to thank with equal warmth my dear
friends and colleagues who have been the stars of
the concert of August 4th: David Bryan, the
2CELLOS, Elisa, Michael Ghegan, Beverley Knight,
Gianna Nannini, Vittorio Sgarbi, Renato Zero, and
all those who have contributed to make that
evening of celebration a memorable one.
A joy that is shared is a double joy: my most
heartfelt thanks for this dream that once more has
turned into reality.
Andrea
Bocelli
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