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Anna-Maria La Spina Medley of Albano Carrisi (Al Bano). Produced and Presented by Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbello.com as part of Italian Week 2008
He also starred in the Italian reality show L'isola dei Famosi (Italian version of Celebrity Survivor) with his daughter, Romina Carrisi in 2005.AL Bano returned to Sanremo in 2007. He sang Nel Perdono which came in second place but many felt it should have placed first. Al bano still tours all over the world and AL Bano and his music are to this day still loved throughout the world. He is a constent on Italian television and has millions of fans who still follow his career very closely. AL bano had a great repect for Pope John Paul II and was requested by the Pope several times to perform at the Vatican in front of hundreads of thousands visiting the Vatican from across the globe. At one point AL Bano performed before Pope John Paul II death in 2005. Being as close as he was to the Pope, Al Bano was in attendance of the Pope's funeral; there were an estimated 4 million people in Rome for the funeral. In 2008 Al Bano plans on releasing a new album and will continue to tour. To date Al Bano has sold 165 million albums around the world. Al Bano is one of the most popular and best selling artist in Italy's history. He admired older singers who paved the way for him such as Domenico Modugno, Adriano Celentano, Claudio Villa, Luciano Pavarotti and Enrico Caruso. Al Bano grew up listening and had a great passion for opera. He has released several opera albums and is a great tenor as well as pop music that he sang well still with Romina. His greatest solo album perhaps was done in 1997 and was called Concerto Classico. The album went double platinum in a short time. Some of the songs he sang on that album are very well known in Italy. Such as Una Furtiva Lagrima, Va Pensiero, La Nostra Serenata, E Lucevan Le Stelle, and Ave Maria. He also sings other great arias such as Nessun Dorma, O Sole Mio, Torna a Sorriento, O' Marinarello, Addio Alla Madre, Core 'Ngrato, O Paese D'o Sole, Marechiare, and La Donna E' Mobile. He sings these songs and hits the high notes perfectly all the time. He also performed in place of Luciano Pavarotti alongside 2 other great tenors Plácido Domingo and Jose Carreras. He is very well respected among other great tenors and is loved, and gets standing ovations at the end of his performances. He is called a conductor's dream and being known as having a universal voice. He will always be followed by his fans with passion and love for his extraordinary and very powerful voice for years to come. http://www.anna.com.au