Andrea Bocelli on stage with Chinese girl for Shanghai Expo

Italian pop tenor Andrea Bocelli stepped on the stage of Shanghai Expo opening ceremony Friday night, hand in hand with a Chinese girl.

Italian world famous blind singer Andrea Bocelli (R) holds up a Chinese little girl during the performance of opening ceremony for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo at the Expo Cultural Center in Shanghai, east China, April 30, 2010. (Xinhua/Chen Shugen)
Bocelli sang the famous song, Nessun Dorma, against a changing background from the night to dawn, featured by a bright, full moon hanging upon high waterfall and a landscape of several European landmarks.

When the blind singer finished the performance, the girl in traditonal Chinese red dress handed the Expo magot Haibao to him. Bocelli then hugged and held up the little girl.

The singer, born in 1958, is known for intense and soft vocals at high pitch.

Source:Xinhua