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By age 7, he was able to recognize the famous voices of the time and tried to emulate the great singers. [21] At age 12, Bocelli lost his vision completely after being hit in the eye with a football. [13] [22] Doctors resorted to leeches in a last-ditch effort to save his sight, but they were unsuccessful and he remained blind. [23]
Italian opera singers by century (5 C) B. Italian operatic baritones (103 P) Italian operatic basses (47 P) C. Italian operatic contraltos (29 P) I. Italian male ...
The original panel consisted of Litfiba singer Piero Pelù, Italian music icons Raffaella Carrà and Riccardo Cocciante and former The X Factor contestant Noemi. After winning as coach in the first season, Cocciante left the show and in the second season and was replaced by rapper J-Ax , former singer of Articolo 31 , [ 1 ] who was also ...
Blind auditions have become a standard in symphony orchestras. In the 1970s, jazz bassist and clinical psychologist Art Davis unsuccessfully filed suit against the New York Philharmonic for racial discrimination. Although his suit failed, his efforts have been credited for helping pave the way to the current system of blind auditions for ...
Giovanni Zenatello (22 February 1876 – 11 February 1949) was an Italian opera singer. Born in Verona, he enjoyed an international career as a dramatic tenor of the first rank. Otello became his most famous operatic role but his repertoire also included French roles. In 1904, he created the part of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly.
Cecilia Bartoli OMRI (Italian: [tʃeˈtʃiːlja ˈbartoli]; born 4 June 1966) is an Italian mezzo-soprano widely known in the music of Bellini, Handel, Mozart, Rossini and Vivaldi and for lesser-known music of the Baroque and Classical periods. She has also sung soprano and alto repertory. Bartoli is considered a singer with an unusual timbre ...
Luciano Pavarotti OMRI (/ ˌ p æ v ə ˈ r ɒ t i /, US also / ˌ p ɑː v-/, Italian: [luˈtʃaːno pavaˈrɔtti]; 12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time.
Mina and Adriano Celentano are the best-selling artists in Italy. This is the chart of Italian music artists listed by estimated sales according to the most important Italian newspapers, national television channels and music magazines. As the compilation of official data of sale of records in Italy it began to have departed only since 1995, thanks to the Federazione Industria Musicale ...