Charice in the Italian Newspaper, IL Giornale Charice in the Italian Newspaper, IL Giornale
BOCELLI SINGS ITALIAN CINEMA
22 July 2008
By Paolo Giordano, Il Giornale ("The Newspaper", Italy)
Translated by fuschared
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[...] And then, there were the voices.
The voice of Noa, so austere and yet so warm, seems to have been made especially for the Theatre of Silence. On that stage with Bocelli, she sang an excerpt from the song "La Vita è Bella" ("Life is Beautiful"), leaving the audience so absorbed, so raptured, so touched. This was precisely the goal of such a show, which only concern was supreme quality. Perhaps for this reason, Nicola Piovani immediately accepted the invitation of Bocelli to direct the orchestra here at Lajatico [...].
But after everything has been said, the greatest surprise of all was Charice, the dimunitive 16-year old Filipina who was such a wonder. The people soon understood that description when she began to sing "The Prayer" in duet with the tenor. She sang as if the song were her very own: she took hold of it, controlled it, and so received on stage a warm ovation from the audience. If she ever succeeds in overcoming the effects of the "circensian phenomenon" that she still displays (for example, she sings "I will always love you" almost in a way superior to Whitney Houston, but without still enjoying a similar fame), Charice will be a great discovery. From the roof of the world, she should be able to remember also the applause of that night at Lajatico, in the midst of the breeze at the small, quiet village of Andrea Bocelli.
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