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Andrea Bocelli Joins Cubby and Christine · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: One of six point seven Light FM, New York's number
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  Speaker 1: one radio station. It's Cubby and Christine in the morning,
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  Speaker 1: and Christine, I I gotta tell you I got butterflies
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  Speaker 1: Right now. We have quite the guest here, dear.
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  Speaker 2: We were talking to a legend. Andrea bocell is one
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  Speaker 2: of the most celebrated voices in the world, an Italian
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  Speaker 2: tenor whose career has bridged classical music and global pop culture.
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  Speaker 2: Multiple Grammy nominee, recipient of Classical, brit and World Music Awards,
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  Speaker 2: and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: He's performed on the world's biggest stages, from the Olympics
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  Speaker 1: and the vaticand of the White House, and sold tens
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  Speaker 1: of millions of records worldwide. It's a privilege to welcome
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  Speaker 1: an artist whose voice has moved audiences across generations and continents.
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  Speaker 1: Andrea Bicelli, Good morning, or shall I say good afternoon?
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  Speaker 1: Where are you right now?
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  Speaker 3: Good morning for you, good afternoon for us, because in Italy.
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  Speaker 2: We are oh lovely.
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  Speaker 1: Please tell me can you smell pizza right now?
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  Speaker 4: No? Now? No?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Well, it's an honor to be talking with you today.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm going to get right to it. Here. You're Romanza.
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  Speaker 1: Thirtieth anniversary US tour kicks off February seventh in Columbus, Ohio,
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  Speaker 1: just one day after you perform at the Olympic Winter
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  Speaker 1: Games opening ceremony. I mean, what does it mean to
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  Speaker 1: you to share your music on such a global stage
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  Speaker 1: with the entire world watching.
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  Speaker 3: It's incredible for me because when I was young, I
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  Speaker 3: couldn't believe. I couldn't image and an experience of life
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  Speaker 3: like this because.
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  Speaker 4: It was impossible to image this.
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  Speaker 3: And after thirty years from my beginning, the fact that
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  Speaker 3: people still love me and still come to my concert
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  Speaker 3: for me is incredible honor and privilege.
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  Speaker 2: It really is a beautiful experience seeing you in concert.
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  Speaker 2: I was fortunate enough to do that. And Romanza was
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  Speaker 2: the album that introduced to so many people back in
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  Speaker 2: nineteen ninety seven. So that, yeah, it kind of leads
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  Speaker 2: into our next question about thirty years later, what is
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  Speaker 2: surprising you about the life and legacy of this album.
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  Speaker 3: It's mbelievable because in this world, everything rounds, everything goes
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  Speaker 3: very fast, and after thirty years, this song is still
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  Speaker 3: this album is still very appreciated from the people, and
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  Speaker 3: this is incredible.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you've just announced even more global tour dates, including
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  Speaker 1: Madison Square Garden, which is like just a couple of
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  Speaker 1: blocks away from here right now in New York City.
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  Speaker 1: After decades of performing around the world, what still excites
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  Speaker 1: you the most about stepping out on stage moment.
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  Speaker 4: Because it is stupichate on my superko. Well, the.
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  Speaker 3: Most incredible thing for me is the effect, the affection
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  Speaker 3: of the people.
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  Speaker 4: I feel it, especially in America. America.
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  Speaker 3: The American audience is my favorite audience because because they
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  Speaker 3: have an approach with the music that I love very much.
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  Speaker 2: We love hearing that. Thank you. Okay, So, with Romanza
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  Speaker 2: being such an emotional and personal album for fans, what
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  Speaker 2: do you hope the longtime listeners, first time concert goers
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  Speaker 2: walk away feeling after this anniversary tour.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think that music bring always beautiful memories some
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  Speaker 3: time you and I hope that people listening listening to
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  Speaker 3: Romanza they can remember beautiful moments of their life.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, Andrea Bacelli, if you just tuned in,
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  Speaker 1: we're talking to the legend here. You've sung everywhere from
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  Speaker 1: intimate theaters to massive arenas. Where do you feel the
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  Speaker 1: deepest connection with an audience.
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  Speaker 3: Well, there are there are places where there is more emotion.
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  Speaker 3: For example, I have incredible memories to the Medico Square
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  Speaker 3: Garden where I sang sung a lot of many times,
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  Speaker 3: and the Metropolitan or Prayer for example, I could I
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  Speaker 3: can't forget my concept in Central Park. I think that
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  Speaker 3: it has been the most incredible moment in my career.
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  Speaker 3: I think, you know, yeah, but it's difficult to decide
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  Speaker 3: because I really sang men in many, many, many different places,
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  Speaker 3: and so I have incredible memories.
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  Speaker 2: You've given us incredible memorism. So you know, just thrilled
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  Speaker 2: that you love New York as much as you do,
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  Speaker 2: because you've just have brought us so much New York.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, New York is a city where I really sang everywhere,
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  Speaker 3: because look I sung at the Mediuscret Garden, at the
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  Speaker 3: Metropolitan Opera, every fusher ole, the Cannon Gild, the everyfich
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  Speaker 3: aal I said, and Central Park everywhere.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you are truly amazing, and the honor of talking
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  Speaker 1: to you has has just met so much to us.
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  Speaker 1: And we are so excited about your tour, which kicks
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  Speaker 1: off in just about a week, and we'll be watching
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  Speaker 1: you on the Olympics Winter Games opening ceremony.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, thank you, and I want to thank you for
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  Speaker 3: your support my my my concerts and my music.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. Yeah, we'll see you at Madison Square Garden
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  Speaker 2: coming up later in the year. Looking forward to that.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, thank you again for all the beautiful, beautiful music.
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  Speaker 4: I really hope to meet you personally. I will be.
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  Speaker 3: Just already the seventh I will be in Columbos and
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  Speaker 3: then Nashville, So I really hope sometime to meet you personally.
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  Speaker 2: I would love that.
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  Speaker 1: I would be honored and we love you so much.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you very much, thank you very much.