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In the New Year, he performed two concerts at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas. At the 56th Golden Globe Awards held on 24 January, "The Prayer" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song from the film Quest for Camelot. [39] At the 41st Grammy Awards ceremony on 24 February, Bocelli was nominated for Best New Artist, which was won by Lauryn Hill. [4] Bocelli and Dion sang "The Prayer" at the ceremony. [39] The song was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song and performed by Bocelli and Dion at the ceremony held at the Los Angeles Music Center on 21 March. [39]

On 10 and 11 October he performed at Petra, singing " Dare to Live" with Laura Pausini, as well as performing "E Lucevan le Stelle" from Tosca. On 19 October, he sang " 'O surdato 'nnammurato" and a duet of "Non Ti Scordar Di Me" with Cecilia Bartoli, both from the Incanto album, during the ECHO Awards in Germany; and later presented the soprano with an ECHO award. On 24 October, he performed at Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples, as a tribute to the city, where he celebrated the Italian release of Incanto. Performing with him were flautist Andrea Griminelli, Italian pop singer Massimo Ranieri and soprano Cecilia Bartoli, with Steven Mercurio conducting the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. [79] On 31 October, he performed a solo version of "The Prayer", as well as " Because", a song from Incanto, live on The Oprah Winfrey Show. [80]

In January, Bocelli gave three concerts in Germany. The concerts in Munich, Berlin, and Hamburg were all part of the Notte Illuminata Tour, launched in Pisa, at the Teatro Verdi, December 2010. In February, Bocelli performed a recital on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera house as part of the tour. [126] a b "Andrea Bocelli Biography: Pianist, Singer (1958–)". Biography.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020 . Retrieved 27 May 2020. On 21 October 2007, he sang "Con te partirò" on the UK television series Strictly Come Dancing results show, and on 30 October, he sang "The Prayer" during an ITV Special An Audience with Céline Dion. The show was broadcast on 23 December. Alongside fellow Italian singer Laura Pausini, he sang Vive Ya during the 2007 Latin Grammy Awards. The song, originally released in 1997 as a duet in Italian between Bocelli and Italian singer-songwriter Trovatto on Bocelli's Romanza, was also released in English on his 2007 album, The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere, as Dare to Live. The album, Vivere, sold over 3 million copies. Sweeting, Adam (15 November 2010). "Andrea Bocelli, O2 Arena, review". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014 . Retrieved 12 December 2013.

a b "Bocelli tops Classical Brits". BBC News. 23 May 2003. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014 . Retrieved 9 December 2013. For Andrea Bocelli, the most celebrated classical singer in modern history, the chance to work with Matteo and Virginia on this album has been a source of great joy. He explains, “In this album, I rediscover the values that give meaning and strength to my life. Being able to celebrate Holy Christmas singing with my children is a great blessing. And sharing its fruit, enriched in its content, is our way of renewing our wishes to you and symbolically embracing that larger family, of which we are all a part.”Andrea Bocelli leads Songs of Praise 50th celebrations". BBC News. 31 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 August 2013 . Retrieved 12 December 2013.