Andrea Bocelli, whose Sacred Arias is the best-selling classical album by any solo artist, returns to The O2 arena for one night.
Andrea Bocelli, the tenor whose Sacred Arias is the best-selling classical album by any solo artist, performs at The O2 arena in North Greenwich on Friday 1 October 2027.
Bocelli grew up on his family’s farm near Lajatico in Tuscany, his sight impaired from birth by congenital glaucoma. He studied law at the University of Pisa and spent a year as a court-appointed lawyer.
In 1992 Luciano Pavarotti heard his demo of Zucchero’s “Miserere” and urged that Bocelli sing it. He won the newcomers’ section at Sanremo in 1994 and returned a year later with “Con te partirò”. Recorded with Sarah Brightman as “Time to Say Goodbye”, it became one of the best-selling singles of all time.
He made his stage debut in a major operatic role as Rodolfo in La bohème at Cagliari in 1998. He has sold nearly 90 million records, and in May 2023 he sang “You’ll Never Walk Alone” with Bryn Terfel at the Coronation Concert.
His sold-out night at the arena in November 2010, before 16,500 people, was the most attended show in the venue’s history at the time.