So the second album that I listened to death was Romanza by Andrea Bocelli. This was the first Bocelli recording I bought, and I got it because he sang some of the songs in Spanish and, at the time, I could understand the words.
For those of you who are fluent in a second language (or more, if you're an overachiever), this may not be a big deal. For me, it was. I took three years of Spanish in college, including two semesters of Spanish literature, so I had enough knowledge of the language to pick up some of the words. I can't tell you how excited I was.
According to imdb.com, "Andrea did not begin his singing career until
the late 1980s, when he
began performing in piano bars throughout Italy. Before then he earned a
law degree from the University of Pisa. In 1993 he was signed to a
record contract after a scout heard him sing during a party." How cool
is that! He's blind, as well, but that doesn't affect how he sings.
He's got an easy sound, by which I mean his voice isn't harsh or overtrained but is pleasant to the ear. He's a singer I could listen to by the hour. He has performed and recorded some opera, but he isn't strictly an opera singer. I wore out the cassette tape for Romanza. And I think I wore
out a CD. I've since purchased most of Bocelli's recordings, but none
of them has the same aura as Romanza. I don't remember where I
first heard him sing, but I've been in love with his voice since the
first note.
