Serious words for a tenor. Monday, during a congress entitled "Covid-19 in Italy, between information, science and rights", Andrea Bocelli indulged in a few statements that have destabilized public opinion. The assembly also counted the presence of Vittorio Sgarbi and a Matteo Salvini refusing to wear a mask.
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"I tried to analyze reality, and I realized that things were not going as we were told," said Andrea Bocelli. “The first confrontations took place at home. When I started to express doubts about the seriousness of this so-called pandemic, the first to attack me were my sons who told me take care of La Tosca and Madame Butterfly , drop the viruses you won't you don't know it, ” Bocelli continued. The singer explains that indeed "no" , he is not stuck on the question, but that "as time passed" , he never "knew someone taken care of in therapy intensive ” .
I wish to publicly confess that I have sometimes willfully disobeyed this prohibition.
Andrea Bocelli, Monday."Where is all this gravity then?" , he asked himself. “There were times when, I say by detaching myself from any political side, I felt humiliated and offended. When I heard that I was being deprived of my freedom to leave my home without having committed a crime, I was offended. I want to publicly confess that I have sometimes voluntarily disobeyed this ban because I did not find it right, or even beneficial, to stay at home , ”he concluded.
Strange reversal of jacket
In Italy, these words go badly. For several reasons. First of all to the more than 35,000 declared victims and their families. Then because Andrea Bocelli was one of the most representative figures of the national union so praised across the Alps. “Dear friends, I am at home with all my family. We stay here all together out of civic sense, to lend a hand to all our friends who fight on the health front and send me alarming and alarmed messages ” , affirmed the same Bocelli on March 9, the day of the announcement of the confinement in Italy.
For the time being, it is essential to respect the rules given to us by the specialists in the sector in order to fight together and win.
Andrea Bocelli, early March.In a video, he reiterated his concern. “I think the situation is very serious, but by taking it seriously and without panicking, it will be possible to improve it as soon as possible. For the time being, it is essential to respect the rules given to us by specialists in the sector in order to fight together and win, ” he added. Five months apart, the contrast between the words is chilling. Especially since the tenor had performed in a completely empty Duomo in Milan, on the occasion of the Easter celebrations. He himself had considered the event as a "prayer" against the coronavirus.
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At the end of May, Bocelli even declared having been a victim of the virus, claiming to have lived a "nightmare". “My experience with the coronavirus? A tragedy, we have all been infected in the family, with fever, even if it was not strong, coughing and sneezing, ” he confided at the time.
"I was misunderstood"
Qualified as "Covid-19 deniers", Andrea Bocelli's words have been strongly criticized in Italy. "35,000 dead in Italy because of the Covid ... Bocelli ... respects" , rebelled Alessandro Gassman, son of the eminent actor Vittorio Gassman. More surprisingly, the position taken by rapper Fedez, who, during confinement - in collaboration with Andrea Bocelli - broadcast a concert live on Instagram through his window. The tenor then sang Con Te Partirò or the Italian hymn. “I don't have the words,” Fedez first tweeted.
"If you do not know anyone who has been in intensive therapy and you allow yourself to doubt that the pandemic could be science fiction, I present to you one of my friends, who, because of the Covid, suffered a lung transplant at 18 , ” the 30-year-old singer then posted, calling on Bocelli to remain silent.
Faced with the controversy, the main interested party did not remain indifferent. “From day one, I have been involved with the foundation that bears my name to help people in difficulty because of the virus. Today in the Senate I was misunderstood ” , replied Andrea Bocelli. "I am not a negationist, I am an optimist and I leave from there, with a prayer" , he added.
