The Teatro del Silenzio annually hosts a concert in July. The concert includes performances by Andrea Bocelli and other guests. To date there have been 13 concerts from 2006 to 2018.
2006 The
inaugural concert occurred 27 July 2006, and was performed in front of over five thousand people and included performances from the following. •
Andrea Bocelli (
tenor) • Paola Sanguinetti (
soprano) • Gianfranco Montresor (
baritone) •
Pisana Chorus • Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana di
Piacenza (The Italian Philharmonic Orchestra) • Marcello Rota (
conductor)
2007 The second concert took place lelas clasico. The planned rehearsal the previous night was cancelled due to heavy winds, but the concert itself went ahead and included performances from pianist
Lang Lang, trumpeter
Chris Botti, saxophonist
Kenny G, singers
Laura Pausini,
Elisa,
Sarah Brightman, and
Heather Headley, conductor
Bill Ross, the special guest was 14-time Grammy Award winning
David Foster. Performances from Bocelli included
Con te partirò,
Vivo per lei,
Il Mare Calmo della Sera, and
The Prayer. • Orchestra
Roma Sinfonietta (The Rome
Sinfonietta Orchestra) • Sinfonietta Orchestra of Rome •
Nicola Piovani •
Roberto Bolle •
Noa •
Jake Zyrus Zyrus sang a duet of the song "
The Prayer" with Bocelli, having only met for the first time 23 May 2008 when performing at a one-night tribute concert with
David Foster at the
Mandalay Bay Events Center on the
Las Vegas Strip.
2009 For 2009, eight sculptures, by Hans Peter Ditzler, were placed in the theater. The concert took place on July 18. Among Bocelli's guests were
Plácido Domingo, with whom he sang "
Nessun dorma" from Puccini's
Turandot and a duet from
The Pearl Fishers, and
Katherine Jenkins, with whom he sang "
Time to Say Goodbye".
2010 Sculptures by
Swiss artist
Kurt Laurenz Metzler, who attended the concert, were exhibited during the 2010 edition of the concert, and Italian actress
Gina Lollobrigida, who was also in attendance, donated a
Bronze statue she had made of Bocelli, to the city of Lajatico, in the afternoon just before the concert. Bocelli held the fifth edition of the Teatro del Silenzio, on July 25, to an audience of 10,000, double the amount of the first edition of the annual Festival, held in 2006. His guests included one of the two surviving member of
The Three Tenors,
Spanish Catalan tenor,
José Carreras, and
Italian rock singer,
Zucchero. He was also awarded the
Pisano Doc, during the dress rehearsal for the concert, July 24, "in recognition for a great citizen, who with his extraordinary art and his humanity brings great prestige, honor and respect to the city of
Pisa."
2012 The edition was held on July 12, 2012.
2013 The 2013 edition of the annual concert was held on July 13, 2013. Numbers included a cover of "Love Me Tender" initially performed by
Elvis Presley and Italian renditions of
Frank Sinatra's "
My Way" and
Edith Piaf's "
La Vie en Rose". Guests included tenor
Riccardo Cocciante. As is tradition, Andrea Bocelli performed "
Time to Say Goodbye" at the end of the concert.
2015 The 2015 edition of the concert was the first time that a full opera was performed, the
Turandot by
Giacomo Puccini. Bocelli played the role of Calaf.
2016 The 2016 edition of the concert themed 'Le Cirque' was held on July 30, 2016 with a dress rehearsal open to the public on July 29, 2016. The performance mostly consisted of selections from some of the most well known operas with a few 'pop' numbers in the mix. Andrea Bocelli was joined by the legendary South Korean lyrical soprano,
Sumi Jo as well as
Leo Nucci,
Gianfranco Montesor,
Svetla Vassileva,
Tiziana Carraro,
Frederico Longhi,
Giuseppe Raimondo,
Carmelo Corrado Caruso,
Paulo Pecchioli, and
I Cantori di Burlamacco. The program was as follows:
Part 1 • 'La Strada' di N. Rota (Orchestra el Teatro 'Carlo Felice' di Genova) • 'Pagliacci' di R. Leoncavallo – Prologo e Vesti la Giubba (Leo Nucci & Andrea Bocelli • 'Rigoletto' di G. Verdi – Caro Nome, Piangi Fanciulla, e La Donna e Mobile (Sumi Jo, Leo Nucci e Andrea Bocelli • 'Lucia di Lammermoor' di G. Donizetti – Verranno a te sull'aure (A. Bocelli e Sumi Jo) • 'Carmen' di G Bizet – Les voici (Coro del Teatro Carlo Felice di enova e i Cantori di Burlamacco) • 'Aida' di Verdi – Gran Finale Atto 2 (Ensemble)
Part 2 • 'Danza delle Spade' di A. Khachaturian (Orchestra) • 'La Frza Del Destino' di Verdi – Invano Alvaro (A. Boceli e Leo Nucci) • 'Sunrise' di G. Allevi (G. Allevi e Orchestra) • 'La Danza' di G. Rossini (A.Bocelli e G Alllevi) • 'Andrea Chenier' di U. Giordano – Si, Fui Soldato e Vicino a te S'aqueta (A. Bocellu e Svetla Vassileva) • 'Marcia dei Gladiatori' de J. Fucik (Orchestra) • Il trovatore' Verdi – L'onda de' suoni mistici/Di quella pira (Bocelli, Vassileva, e
Matteo Bocelli • 'Un Ballo in Maschera' Verdi – Eri tu che macchiavi e Su, profetessa... (L. Nucci, A. Bocelli) • 'La Boheme' Puccini – Atto 2 (Ensemble) • 'Nelle tue Mani' (A. Bocelli)
2017 The 2017 version of the concert was performed on August 3 and was titled 'Il canto della Terra' (the song of the Earth). Performances ranged from artists coming from Argentina, Haiti, Armenia, Spain and many others. World renown dancer
Carla Fracci also joined the stage, as well as Andrea Bocelli Foundation's Haitian choir 'Voices of Haiti'
2018 The 2018 edition was performed twice, on July 28 and July 30, and was once again an opera, this time the
Andrea Chénier by
Umberto Giordano, the first opera that Bocelli ever learned.
2019 The 2019 edition, titled
Ali di Libertà, took place on July 25 and July 27, under the artistic direction of Luca Tommassini, the renowned choreographer and creative director known for his visually stunning productions. Special guests included
Mika and
Matteo Bocelli, who performed the touching duet
Fall On Me together with Andrea Bocelli.
2024 In July 2024, the Teatro del Silenzio was the venue for the three-day concert event,
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration. Bocelli performed with musical guests including
Placido Domingo,
Laura Pausini,
Tiziano Ferro,
Elisa, and
Zucchero. The concert was filmed for release as a theatrical film and a television special. ==Features==