AT THEIR BEACHFRONT HOME IN TUSCANY
ANDREA AND VERONICA BOCELLI
TELL HOW THEY’RE STILL LIVING IN PERFECT HARMONY AFTER 20 YEARS TOGETHER
Nine-year-old daughter Virginia joins Andrea and Veronica at the family’s home (above) in Tuscany’s chic seaside town Forte dei Marmi
‘We talk a lot despite keeping very different hours — he’s a real night owl and I’m a lark’
Veronica is joined for a photo on the Pasha rug by the family’s Italian greyhound – and a Fregoli Haute Couture handbag
With such a musical family, the piano gets many hours of use, with Andrea himself using it to rehearse. Another cosy nook sees modern and traditional stylishly clash, as Robert Indiana’s Love (Blue Red
Green) nestles on a grand fireplace,
In a career spanning more than 25 years, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has delighted audiences across the globe, performing in spectacular venues from the Pyramids to Rome’s Colosseum.
This year, music fans are remembering one of his most memorable performances of all time. It’s the tenth anniversary of the show he put on for a Big Apple audience of 70,000, during which he was joined by stars including Celine Dion and Tony Bennett.
And Andrea, who dedicated his performance to his beloved late father, is causing a stir once again with the release of his remastered album Concerto: One Night in Central Park, including previously unreleased tracks.
His achievements are extraordinary by any standard, but all the more so given he has been blind since the age of 12. Along with his talent, it is his vitality and positivity that make him such an unstoppable force, his wife Veronica says proudly.
In fact, she should take some of the credit herself: as the star’s manager, she’s at the centre of both his personal and professional life.
At the heart of the scouple’s story is a romance that is as passionate today as when they met 20 years ago. Their happiness is completed by their “greatest joy” – daughter Virginia and Andrea’s sons Amos and Matteo – Veronica tells us at their beautiful beach home in Tuscany, where they’re spending a carefree summer.