A Night in Tuscany is the first DVD

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released by Italian

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 singer Andrea Bocelli of a concert

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 held in his native Tuscany

Tuscany

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, in 1997, highlighting the unique blend of Classical

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, Pop

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, and traditional Italian songs that made him a crossover

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 success as an internationally acclaimed tenor

Tenor

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. The concert takes place at the Piazza dei Cavalieri in Pisa

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. Bocelli performs two opera duets with soprano

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 Nuccia Focile

Nuccia Focile

Nuccia Focile , is an Italian soprano.She was born in Sicily, studied in Turin under Elio Battaglia, and made her opera debut as Oscar in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera at La Scala in 1986. Also in that year, she won the International Pavarotti Competition in Philadelphia, following which she made...

 during the concert, before singing Miserere with Italian rock star Zucchero

Zucchero

Adelmo Fornaciari, Commander , more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero /ˈtsukkero/, is an Italian rock singer. His music is largely inspired by gospel, blues and rock music, and alternates between ballads and more rhythmic boogie-like pieces.Zucchero is the...

, who discovered him, and Time To Say Goodbye with English

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 soprano Sarah Brightman

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The concert was also Bocelli's first PBS

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 Special, designed to promote his breakthrough album, Romanza

Romanza

-Commercial performance:First in Europe, then charts around the world, the album amassed a multitude of platinum and multi-platinum awards, outselling even Bocelli's 1995 album, Bocelli, with worldwide sales in excess of 20 million copies to date....

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The DVD was certified double platinum in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America

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