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Attending to the opera is an experience many look forward to experience when they visit Italy. But the opera academies in Italy are not always touristic-friendly and getting a ticket can prove difficult. So, if you’re able to attend a quality Opera concert you can call yourself lucky, but if you are coming to Rome during may you’ll have the chance to have the opera experience of a lifetime.

On May 25^th the famous Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will offer in the Colosseum (no less) a charity concert to help the people from Abruzzo, where some villages have been almost destroyed recently by an earthquake.

In case you still don’t know him, Andrea Bocelli is a blind tenor famous for its prowess in both the opera and popular music fields, an ability that has enabled him to conquer a wide audience and to spread the interest in Opera all around the world.

That night Angela Ghiorghiu will share the stage with Bocelli. Gheorghiu might be less well- known outside the opera world, but she is one of the new stars of the genre, and another of the many reasons that make this event unique.

The tickets cost one thousand euros and can be bought through the internet.

Don’t miss this beautiful experience and don’t miss either the chance to enjoy Rome staying in two of the best hotels in the city: Yes Hotel and Hotel Des Artistes, both very well located, near Rome main station and only half an hour away from the Colosseum!