Andrea Bocelli sings in Lourdes pleading for peace in the world

Andrea Bocelli From lourdes he threw call for world peace and a thought pope francescobefore closing a poignant free concert in front of over 20,000 peoplewas born on the occasion of the 18th and last phantom Bernadette from the Virgin Mary,

“The world really needs this”

Andrea Bocelli sings in Lourdes pleading for peace in the world

In front of the famous sanctuary, With Ukrainian violinist Anastasia Petryshak and French soprano Clara Barbier Serrano

Accompanied by the Pau-Pays de Béarn Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Carlo Bernini, the tenor won the hearts of the audience, who listened to sacred songs in a silence filled with emotion and prayer after a Marian torchlight procession from the Grotto of the Apparitions.

,I would like this last passage, a beautiful excerpt from Rossini’s “La Petite Messe Solnale,” to be a prayer for our Pope Francis, for all those suffering, and for peace in the world more than ever, because the world really needs it. From here, even more than other places dedicated to it, I think we can expect to find it again.

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This was Bocelli’s last concert before the annual appointment that he would attend Teatro del Silenzio, on July 27 and 29, on its land in Lazatico, in the province of Pisa. A unique show that brings together more than 10,000 people from all over the world every year.

photo by Luca Rossetti