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ITALY: ALICE SINGS BATTIATO IN ROME'S PANTHEON

Alice has been singing late France Battiato's songs on sold out tour for almost two years now and last Sunday a very special addition to those gigs was added: The Pantheon in Rome, with the orchestra of La Fenice Opera house in Venice.  The charity concert was based on the most spiritual songs written by Battiato opening with É stato nolto bello and ending with La cura and Torneremo ancora , the last song released by Battiato in 2019, two years before he passed away. Alice also told that if she didn't meet Battiato in 1979 she would have ended her singing career . What a shame that would have been! And Pantheon, what can I say? Maybe my favorite building in the whole world, and Alice being my favorite singer of them all, what a combination! My only wish is that hopefully they filmed that concert and it will be available in some form sooner or later but I'm afraid it's only my wishful thinking.... Pantheon, aka Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs, built in 113-125 AD. ...