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Alessandro Safina

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Alessandro Safina
Background information
Born	October 14, 1963 (1963-10-14) (age 47) , Siena, Italy
Origin	Siena, Italy
Genres	Popera, Opera
Labels	Universal
Website	Official website

Alessandro Safina (born October 14, 1963) is an Italian operatic tenor.
Born in Siena, Italy, Safina's love of opera was encouraged early in life by his mother encouraged his eagerness. His father was also a singer.
The early 21st century saw the rise of this Italian singer who has combined his opera roots with modern-day pop music. Late in his teens Safina began to appreciate pop and rock music, drawing inspiration from such bands as Genesis, The Clash, Simple Minds, and U2. Shortly thereafter, he began to combine the opera and pop genres.
In the '90s, Safina was discovered by renowned Italian pianist/composer Romano Musumarra, and the pair quickly began to record together, in an attempt to bring Safina's dream of creating a "soulful new pop opera music" to fruition. The end result was Safina's self-titled debut, issued in September 2001. It contained a single named "Luna", released in 1999, which reached number 2 in the Dutch charts.The song is mainly about a gleaming moon.
In 2001 Safina contributed to the score of Baz Luhrmann’s film Moulin Rouge!. He performed Elton John's Your Song with Ewan McGregor.
In September 2001 his concert Only You was taped in the amphitheatre El Greco in Taormina, Sicily. The concert was later broadcast in the series Great Performances by American public channel PBS and released in 2003 on DVD.
In 2003, Safina performed the English and Korean vocals for a Korean song called Hamangyeon (하망연(何茫然)), which was featured as part of the soundtrack for Dae Jang Geum, a popular South Korean historical drama TV series.
Safina appeared in a film Tosca e Altre Due, based on the opera Tosca of Puccini.
In 2007 he recorded a duet with the British Soprano Sarah Brightman for her album "Symphony". He was then invited to join her during her "Symphony World Tour" for Mexico's presentations in November 2008 and in the Asian Tour in march-April 2009. He sang with Sarah the following songs: Canto della Terra, Sarai Qui, The Phantom of the opera.

 Discography

• Alessandro Safina (2001)
• Junto A Ti (2001)
• Moulin Rouge Soundtrack (2001)
• Insieme a Te (2002)
• Musica Di Te (2003)
• Safina (2004)
• Sognami (2007)

Luna

Alessandro Safina

Choeur: Only you can hear my soul, only you can hear my soul
Luna, tu
Quanti sono i canti che risuonano
Desideri che attraverso i secoli
Ha soltanto il cielo per raggiungerti
Porto per poeti che non scrivono
E che il loro senno spesso perdono
Tu accogli i sospiri di chi spasima
E regali un sogno ad ogni anima
Luna che mi guardi adesso ascoltami
Choeur: Only you can hear my soul, only you can hear my soul
Luna, tu
Che conosci il tempo dell'eternità
E il sentiero stretto della verità
Fa più luce dentro questo Cuore mio
Questo cuore d'uomo che non sa, non sa
Che l'amore puo nascondere il dolore
Come un fuoco ti può bruciare l'anima
Luna, tu
Tu rischiari il cielo e la sua imensità
E ci mostri solo la metà che vuoi
Come poi facciamo quasi sempre noi
Angeli di creta che non volano
Anime di carta che s'incendiano
Cuori come foglie che poi cadono
Sogni fatti d'aria che svaniscono
Figli della terra e figli tuoi che sai
Che l'amore puo nascondere il dolore
Choeur/A. Safina: Che l'amore puo nascondere il dolore
Come un fuoco ti può bruciare l'amima
Choeur/A. Safina: Come un fuoco ti puo bruciare l'amima
Choeur/A. Safina: Alba lux, diva mea, diva es silentissima
Ma è con l'amore che respira il nostro cuore
E la forza che tutto muove e illumina! . . .
Choeur: Only you can hear my soul, only you can hear my soul
Alba lux, diva mea, diva es silentissima !..