Asia Tour - May 2011 (with Andrea Bocelli)

[blueleslie]

Hayley will be the guest singer of Andrea Bocelli's concert in May, Taiwan!
news.chinatimes.com/reading/110513/112011041300461.html

[blueleslie]

Apr 14, 2011 6:16:41 GMT blueleslie said:

Hayley will be the guest singer of Andrea Bocelli's concert in May, Taiwan!
news.chinatimes.com/reading/110513/112011041300461.html

By far we only know that Hayley will sing a duet "Canto della Terra" with Andrea.
I asked the MNA company and they told me Hayley will have (a) solo(s?) and MAY sing another duet in Mandarin Chinese ( "The Moon Represents My Heart", perhaps?).

[Jillian]

Hi bluleslie!

That is very exciting! I also found an English article:

Hayley Westenra to perform at Bocelli concerts in Taipei

2011/04/14 19:09:39

focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201104140022




Taipei, April 14 (CNA) New Zealand cross-over soprano Hayley Westenra will be a guest performer at two concerts in Taipei next month alongside the headliner Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, the organizers said Wednesday.

The 24-year-old pop and classical singer, who will be returning to Taiwan for the third time in her career, is scheduled to be one of the two guest performers at Bocelli's Taipei concerts on May 17 and 18.

She gave two concerts in Taiwan last year after her international debut album "Pure" became a hit in countries and regions such as the UK, Australia and Hong Kong.

For the first time, local audiences will see the star duo on the same stage. Westenra will sing "Amazing Grace," one of her best-loved songs that she sang at the 2009 Kaohsiung World Games.

Westenra and Bocelli have collaborated on one of Westenra's albums and live performances.

The Management of New Arts, which is organizing the Taipei concerts, said that also for the first time, Taiwan audiences will be treated to a Bocelli performance in which he will sing and play the piano himself.

Italian soprano Elena Rossi will be the other guest performer in the classical part of the program.

[Jillian]

Hi everyone,

For those who can understand, here are some more articles:



news.pchome.com.tw/living/awakening/20110414/index-13027812608196043009.html

tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/110414/1/2ptub.html

From the google translations, it seems to suggest that Hayley will sing 4-5 songs and that this collaboration has been one of the reasons for Hayley's trips to Italy.

Cheers,
Jillian

[blueleslie]

Thanks for the additional articles!
So let's summarize the info:

[Songs for Sure]
Canto della Terra (duet)
Amazing Grace (solo)

[Highly Possible Songs]
Time to Say Goodbye (duet)
The Moon Represent My Heart (duet)

[My Wild Guess]
Dell' Amore Non Si Sa (duet)

[Richard]

Hello folks!

I've found some information on Andrea Bocelli's website:

www.andreabocelli.com/site.html#/en/tour_dates

and more information here:

www.ilike.com/artist/Andrea+Bocelli/events

The venue is Taipei Arena and the concerts start at 7:15pm.

Richard

[Dave]

Apr 14, 2011 6:16:41 GMT blueleslie said:

Hayley will be the guest singer of Andrea Bocelli's concert in May, Taiwan!
news.chinatimes.com/reading/110513/112011041300461.html

Thanks for the info, blueleslie. As I mentioned in the previous thread a short while ago, Hayley's guest appearances at these two concerts is now confirmed by Hayley's management.

Cheers, Dave

[Libby]

What about the ones in Beijing?

Don't forget about Vivo Per Lei. That seems to be one of Hayley's most popular videos on youtube.

[spiderman]

Apr 14, 2011 19:13:31 GMT Libby said:

What about the ones in Beijing?

Don't forget about Vivo Per Lei. That seems to be one of Hayley's most popular videos on youtube.

i thought the one she was in on may 17/18 was in beijing...

now im confused. clarity please!!

[Libby]

Clarity for Spiderman (and any other interested parties):

According to this article, Hayley will perform with Bocelli May 20 & 21 at the National Stadium in Beijing (isn't that where the Olympics was?!). Hayley is mentioned towards the end.

translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=zh-TW&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_610d619e0100qu93.html

[Dori]

Oh how wonderful and exciting! Looking forward to photos and reports, if possible!

Dori

[blueleslie]

New photos of Hayley discussed & rehearsed with Andrea Bocelli for the upcoming concerts

[Joe]

Thank you blueleslie! I really love these photos!

[Dori]

Lovely photos!!!!

Dori

[Jillian]

Hi blueleslie!

Thank you for the great photos! Hayley looks thrilled in all of them!

Here is a YouTube video of a news story about the concert I found: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGYqUmOk3lY

Cheers,
Jillian