Andrea Bocelli sings Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling In Love in new duet

Every yr Andrea Bocelli returns to Lajatico, his hometown in Tuscany, Italy to sing on the Teatro del Silenzio (Theatre of Silence).

The 64-year-old tenor satisfied the native municipality to construct the open air amphitheatre again in 2006, to which he contributed significantly.

Apart from his annual efficiency there each July, the out of doors venue stays silent, as its identify suggests, for the remainder of the yr.

Highlights from the 2023 efficiency have been posted on his official Instagram web page together with a duet of Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling in Love, with Emma Marrone.

The track was initially recorded by The King for his 1961 film Blue Hawaii and went on to change into a signature rendition through the late star’s dwell performances.

Bocelli beforehand advised Express.co.uk: “There is no denying that Elvis had a great talent.

He possessed a pliant voice with extensive range and a soft and enveloping timbre. Plus, he was an extremely charismatic person.”

The King has so many hit songs over his 21-year skilled profession, so we requested the Italian tenor why he selected the 2 basic ballads Love Me Tender and Can’t Help Falling In Love to cowl specifically.

Bocelli advised us: “It’s curious that they are both songs that have a long history behind them. In both cases, Elvis Presley’s versions are extraordinary and memorable. Yet I have the wishful thinking that I too had something to say, to add, artistically speaking, to the performance of these classics.”

On Can’t Help Falling In Love, he mentioned: “As for the second, the melody is even older, being taken from a very famous Romanza composed at the end of the 18th century, Plaisir d’amour.”

The latter is a well known French love track that was composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini.