Origin Siena, Italy Spouse Lorenza Mario (m. 2001) Labels Universal | Website Official website Genres Operatic pop, Opera Name Alessandro Safina | |
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Born October 14, 1963 (age 60)
Siena, Italy ( 1963-10-14 ) Role Operatic tenor · alessandrosafina.info Albums Sognami, Dedicated (Alessandro safina), Insieme a te, Safina (UK comm CD), Alessandro Safina, Musica di te Similar People Sarah Brightman, Andrea Bocelli, Ewan McGregor, Elton John, Petra Berger Profiles | ||
Record label Universal Music Group | ||
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Alessandro Safina (Italian pronunciation [ales•sandro sa•fina]; born 1963) is an Italian operatic pop tenor.
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- Music education
- Career
- Discography
- Personal life
- References
Born in Siena, Italy, Safina has sought to combine his interests in opera and modern pop music.
Carole Samaha:Best voice according to Italian tenor Alessandro Safina
Music education
Safina began to study music when he was nine years old and attended a music academy at the age of 12. At 17, he was accepted to the Conservatorio di Musica "Luigi Cherubini" in Florence, Italy.
In 1989, he won the “Concorso Lirico Internazionale” in Manatova, Italy, and this led to his opera debut. In 1990 he appeared with soprano Katia Ricciarelli as Rodolfo in Puccini's La bohème.
Career
In the '90s, Safina began recording with Italian pianist/composer Romano Musumarra and his self-titled debut was issued in September 2001. Safina's single "Luna", released in 1999, reached number 2 in the Dutch charts.
In 2001, Safina contributed to the score of Baz Luhrmann’s film Moulin Rouge! where he performed Elton John's "Your Song" with Ewan McGregor, and a part of the Elephant Love Medley, sung by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. In November 2001, Safina sang Andrew Lloyd Weber's Music of the Night for Queen Elizabeth II during the Royal Variety Show
By 2002, Safina's album Insieme A Te sold 700,000 copies worldwide. In March, 2002, he performed "Del Perduto Amore" at the San Remo Music Festival. He also recorded "Your Song" with Elton John for Sport Relief, a charity venture to help children. Safina's concert "Only You", featuring Patricia Manterola, was taped in the amphitheatre El Greco in Taormina, Sicily in 2001, and was later broadcast in the series Great Performances by American public channel PBS and released in 2003 on DVD. Also in 2003, Safina performed the English and Korean vocals for a Korean song called "Hamangyeon" (하망연(何茫然)), part of the soundtrack for Dae Jang Geum, and he appeared as Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca e Altre Due, a film based on the opera Tosca by Puccini.
In 2007, he recorded a duet with the British soprano Sarah Brightman for her album, Symphony. He then joined her for the Symphony World Tour in 2008 where he sang "Canto della Terra" and "Sarai Qui" with Brightman.
In June, 2017, Safina performed "O Sole Mio" with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli
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Discography
Personal life
Safina was married to Italian dancer Lorenza Mario from 2001 to 2011, with whom he has a son Pietro (born 2002). He currently lives in Bucharest, Romania with partner Laura Maria Calafeteanu and their son, Christian (born 2015).