During Andrea Bocelli’s latest UK tour, the crowd was captivated as Virginia Bocelli took the stage to sing “Over the Rainbow,” her voice soaring with elegance and emotion. The audience, visibly moved, hung on every note, feeling the deep connection between father and daughter. Andrea, ever the proud father, couldn’t help but tease Virginia with playful sass, adding a lighthearted charm to the performance. The exchange between them was not just a musical moment but a beautiful display of love, humor, and talent, leaving the audience in awe and thoroughly entertained.
Virginia Bocelli sings Over The Rainbow and gives dad Andrea sass on latest UK tour
THE ALL-SINGING BOCELLI family is currently on the UK leg of Andrea Bocelli’s latest world tour. But among all the beautiful singing, one of the highlights of their most recent show was ten-year-old Virginia’s hilarious backchat to her dad.
She’s barely in double digits, but this young girl already has her own Instagram account and is currently on a world tour with her father. Not watching from the side stage, but actually taking her share of the limelight and applause. Virginia does not perform at every show but has been delighting audiences with her duet of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah with dad Andrea. The pair debuted the haunting version during the 2020 streamed Christmas show from the Teatro Regio di Parma opera house and it has become a staple of the tour repertoire. A new song has been added, now, to tie in with the family’s upcoming 2022 Christmas album. WATCH THE FULL VIDEO BELOW
The upcoming album A Family Christmas, released at the end of October, will feature Virginia making her recording debut at 10 years old. She sings with her father on Over The Rainbow and Away In A Manger, as well as soloing on When Christmas Comes to Town.
Sheffield’s show gave the audience a preview when the father and daughter finished Hallelujah and then Andrea told the crowd: “Now I am very happy that Virginia sings for you a song of a new project we did together with Virginia and with Matteo. It’s an album for Christmas songs and Virginia will try to sing a beautiful song.”
Virginia had been smiling by his side the whole time until he said that one word which provoked a hilarious reaction…
Virginia and Andrea Bocelli on stage in Sheffield September 2022 (Image: INSTA )
Virginia Bocelli on stage with Andrea in Sheffield 2022 (Image: INSTA )
The crowd roared with laughter when the ten-year-old immediately made a face and then gave her father the side-eye. With perfect timing, she simply said “try” in a beautifully deadpan voice.
Not only is it a touching glimpse into their playful family dynamic, it is also a precocious display of perfect showmanship. Even with a famous father and an increasingly famous brother, Virginia is still remarkably poised and comfortable on stage.
Andrea immediately joked: “Virginia, you speak English much better than me,” and she quickly replied, “I know!” To which he simply said, “Behave!”
As if that wasn’t already delightful enough, Virginia then launched into a gorgeous, note-perfect rendition of the classic Wizard of Oz anthem.
Accompanied initially only by a piano, her voice is remarkably strong and rich already. It looks like the Bocelli family has another budding star in the making.
And a gracious one too. At the end of her solo number, as she took the applause from the crowd, Virginia can be seen saying “Bravo” and acknowledging the other musicians.
The tour has already been filled with wonderful family moments, with the crowd in Belfast spontaneously singing Happy Birthday to Andrea last week when he turned 64.
Virginia is the only child from the Italian Tenor’s second marriage to manager Veronica Berti. Before that, he was with his first wife Enrica Cenzatti for ten years until 2002.
Virginia has two older brothers. 27-year-old Amos prefers to stay out of the limelight. Although he is a talented musician and sometimes plays on his father’s albums, he also studied spatial engineering.
24-year-old Matteo, however, has actively pursued a career a recording and touring artist, with significant success already. As well as releasing his debut album Solo last year, Matteo recently starred in the Idris Elba film Three Thousand Years of Longing and provided the theme song, Cautionary Tale.
