Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli at 60

Andrea Bocelli with son Matteo Bocelli. 

Credit: © MARK SELIGER

Celebrate Andrea Bocelli’s career with performances by the tenor including a duet with son Matteo.

Join Great Performances for an international celebration of Andrea Bocelli’s 60th Birthday.  World renowned for being equally at home in the worlds of popular music and opera, Great Performances spotlights both sides of the tenor’s career with a program of well-known arias spectacularly staged at Italy’s Arena di Verona.  Also featured are songs from Bocelli’s new album, “Si,” performed at an all-white party in the picturesque Italian coastal town of Porto Venere. Bocelli’s son Matteo joins his father for a special performance of the duet “Fall on Me.” Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli at 60 airs Friday, March 15 at 8:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV.