Charice with Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli singing the prayer with our very own Charice.
Mabuhay ka Charice!

Singing sensation Charice Pempengco is reaching heights never
imagined by any Filipino performer, and she has made us all proud to be
Pinoy!
On July 20, she sang a duet
with world renowened tenor Andrea Bocelli at the Third Edition of the
Teatro del Silenzio at a natural amphitheater between the rolling hills
of Lajatico, a small rural town in Volterra Valley, Italy.
Charice was personally handpicked by Andrea Bocelli to sing a duet
with him during the concert, and they sang “The Prayer” and received a
rousing standing ovation. And she was the only artist who sang with
Bocelli that the next day, her picture with Bocelli was on the front
pages and also played up in the newscast.The Pinay teener was the only Asian performer in the annual concert
produced by Bocelli which also featured performances from Italian
artists Noa (a Grammy winner), conductor Nicola Piovani (the
Oscar-winning musical director of Roberto Benigni’s Life is Beautiful,
an Oscar Best Picture winner), the etoile of the Teatro della Scala
Roberto Bolle and the 90 elements of the Orchestra Sinfonietta from
Rome.


“It was like a dream, I couldn’t believe it. Para talagang panaginip,” said Charice of her stint in the Italian event.
It was Charice’s second time to meet Bocelli; their first was
several weeks ago when they both performed at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas
during a tribute concert to famous and multi-awarded songwriter David
Foster who first saw Charice on Ellen DeGeneres’ show.
Very much impressed, Foster has big plans for Charice, probably
including writing a song for her. Foster has written hits for almost
all the A-list singers (Whitney Houston, Madonna, Barbra Streisand,
Michael Jackson, Michael Bublé, etc.).

Nice.I heard she was given a standing ovation.