”°•sAlessandro Safina•°”

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BIOGRAPHY The Italian tenor Alessandro Safina – born in Siena on 14 October 1963 – discovered his passion for singing at very early age; he was only nine years old when he started studying music, and immediately showed a specific fondness and talent for classical music. His parents were ardent lovers of the opera, and instilled their son with this passion of theirs from the beginning. He started attending a musical academy when he was twelve years old. At the age of 17 Alessandro applied at the well-established Conservatorio di Musica 'Luigi Cherubini' in Florence. His application was naturally accepted, and he was soon performing the leading parts of famous operas on various European stages. In 1989, he won the first prize at the 'Concorso Lirico Internazionale' in Mantova, a competition dedicated to Italian soprano singer Katia Ricciarelli. The prize marked the start of a brilliant career in the world of opera. In 1990, the singer made his debut as 'Rodolfo', the male lead in Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème, next to Katia Ricciarelli. He went on to perform in some of the world's most prestigious venues, including the Barbican in London, Teatro Bibiena in Mantova (where he performed Paisiello's Il Barbiere Di Siviglia [video]), Basilea (I Capuleti E Montecchi), Strasbourg (L'Elisir D'Amore), Marseille (Il Barbiere Di Siviglia once more) and at the Wexford International Festival in Ireland (Rusalka). He received lavish praise for his role as Vladimir Lenski in the opera Eugenio Onieghin, at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. Alessandro also provides particular attention to the 'holy' repertoire: he sang Gounod's La Messa in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, as well as Puccini's La Messa Di Gloria and La Petite Messe Solennelle, again next to Katia Ricciarelli. As for operettas, he performed Sissi, Rose Marie, Orfeo All'Inferno and La Vedova Allegra in Teatro Verdi in Trieste and again Orfeo All'Inferno and La Vedova Allegra at Teatro Massimo in Palermo. Although Alessandro is entirely wrapped up in his love for classical music, and especially fond of the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso, he is also inspired by modern pop music like U2, Genesis, Depeche Mode and The Clash. In recent years he has shown the urge to combine the two musical genres, classical and pop - thus bringing classical music closer to the people. In the 90's, Safina's impressive vocal talents were brought to the attention of renowned Italian pianist and composer Romano Musumarra, and the pair quickly began to record together, starting with the song LA SETE DI VIVERE, in attempt to bring Safina's dream of creating a "soulful new pop opera music" to fruition. The end result was Alessandro's debut album INSIEME A TE, released in 1999. The record is full of classic, soul and musical elements - Safina calls it "Opera-Rock"; prior to its release, the singer presented his new musical style for the first time in front of a live audience at the famous Olympia theatre in Paris. Safina's definitive breakthrough to a pop audience took place in The Netherlands in November 2000, when he performed at the prestigious The Night Of The Proms celebration. His single LUNA stayed at the top of the charts for 14 weeks. Another two immensely successful Dutch concerts followed in 2001, this time in The Hague and Amsterdam, and took the handsome, charismatic tenor's success to new heights. INSIEME A TE was eventually released in over 30 countries, received gold in Brazil and Taiwan and became four times platinum in The Netherlands within a few months. 2001 was a prolific year for Safina. The singer contributed to the score of Baz Luhrmann's feature film Moulin Rouge, performing Elton John's YOUR SONG with actor Ewan McGregor. In September of that same year, he performed live on stage at the 'El Greco' amphitheatre in Taormina. The ONLY YOU concert was later broadcasted as part of the 'Great Performances' serie