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Interview: Opera singer Andrea Bocelli

By Simon Hayes on February 26, 2010 3:15 PM |

dd-feb25-Andrea.JPGHe's sold millions of records and sung in some of the world's most famous opera houses but for Andrea Bocelli there's plenty more to do.

The Italian tenor has established himself as one of the world's foremost operatic talents and returns to The O2 arena in November.

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CONCERT
McBeth, St James' Piccadilly
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
This was very strong performance featuring a selection of beautiful voices but would have been better formed in full costume on a stage.

AA-oct22-Jenkins1.jpgKatherine Jenkins heads back to The O2 next year and it's fair to say she's excited about it.

The Welsh mezzo-soprano brings her first solo tour to the arena on March 13, coming back to the venue she played last year with ballerina Darcy Bussel in the Viva La Diva show.

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"If you just read the play late at night you can feel the evil," says east London soprano Beatrice Danesfield as she enthuses about her forthcoming role in English Opera Singers' performance of Verdi's Macbeth later this month.

Danesfield, who lives in Bow, believes the concert, at St James' Church in Piccadilly offers Wharfers a chance to hear something different.

A different perspective