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Concert: Andrea Bocelli Italian singer Andrea Bocelli never could see well, and went fully blind at the age of 12. You wouldn't know it from listening to him sing, however. Like the blind man in Raymond Carver's Cathedral, Bocelli is as much a lover as any man who can see, and you can hear it in his voice. It's a tenor that hovers above genre and accompaniment, whether he's partnering with a pop star or a symphony orchestra. Critics, particularly The NYT's Anthony Tommasini, has suggested that Bocelli is actually a poor man's opera singer. "The basic color of Mr. Bocelli's voice is warm and pleasant, but he lacks the technique to support and project his sound. His sustained notes wobble. His soft high notes are painfully weak. Inadequate breath control often forces him to clip off notes prematurely at the end of phrases." And while it's true that he's no Pavarotti, this listener says that Pavarotti's thunderous tenor--which put the MORE in amore--frightened more hearts than it melted. Dec. 2 at the Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. Phone: 202-628-3200. Web: www.verizoncenter.com

Concert: Andrea Bocelli Italian singer Andrea Bocelli never could see well, and went fully blind at the age of 12. You wouldn't know it from listening to him sing, however. Like the blind man in Raymond Carver's Cathedral, Bocelli is as much a lover as any man who can see, and you can hear it in his voice. It's a tenor that hovers above genre and accompaniment, whether he's partnering with a pop star or a symphony orchestra. Critics, particularly The NYT's Anthony Tommasini, has suggested that Bocelli is actually a poor man's opera singer. "The basic color of Mr. Bocelli's voice is warm and pleasant, but he lacks the technique to support and project his sound. His sustained notes wobble. His soft high notes are painfully weak. Inadequate breath control often forces him to clip off notes prematurely at the end of phrases." And while it's true that he's no Pavarotti, this listener says that Pavarotti's thunderous tenor--which put the MORE in amore--frightened more hearts than it melted. Dec. 2 at the Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW. Phone: 202-628-3200. Web: www.verizoncenter.com

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