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the gods could have created because even they perhaps love the voice of Bocelli.

What is remarkable about this annual event is not just Andrea Bocelli but the fact that he also introduces the world to a great singer: someone who he believes needs a platform much as the kind Bocelli was given by Luciano Pavarotti when he was young. This year that sensation was Noah. She is a singer of Yemen origin but from Israel, but someone who brought the place alive with her outstanding performances: and the first one was dedicated to Bocelli himself entitled the Eyes of Love. Words can never describe the moments that then emerged. No sooner did she start singing did you realise the depth of emotions that must have swirled in Bocelli’s head. And you could see it in his eyes. There was a bond that was created three-ways: between Noah and Bocelli; between Bocelli and us and between Bocelli and his inner conscience. Many years ago, when Bocelli was asked if he cursed himself for his blindness, he replied that he could see the world much better now because he had enough time to soak in whatever he wanted to see. And that evening, in the heart of Tuscany, under a full moon, this star shone so brightly. There was a surrealism that is only borne out of things that are out of the ordinary. Things that have greater inner meaning. And all of this is reflected in the manner in which Bocelli sings. There are many who believe that perhaps he would have been a poorer performer if he hadn’t been blind. They are not being unkind. But perhaps only a bit real. Sometimes, the physical absence of something more than compensates in the emotion realm and Andrea Bocelli is a reflection of that perhaps.