Bocelli met his first wife, Enrica Cenzatti, while singing at
piano bars early in his career.
[26] They were married on 27 June 1992, and had two children.
[27]Their first child, Amos, was born in February 1995. Their second son, Matteo was born in October 1997.
[30] The couple separated in 2002.
[39] Although not yet divorced,
[155] Bocelli lives with his girlfriend and manager, Veronica Berti. They met in 2002.
On 30 April 2000, Bocelli's father, Sandro Bocelli, died. His mother encouraged him to honour his commitments, and so he sang for
the Pope, in
Rome, on May 1, and immediately returned home for the funeral. At his July 5 performance, filmed for PBS as
American Dream—Andrea Bocelli's Statue of LibertyConcert, Bocelli dedicated the encore
Sogno (Dream), from his 1999 album
Sogno, to the memory of his father.
[36]A section of the way along the beach in
Jesolo, on the Italian
Adriatic coast, was named after Bocelli on 11 August 2003.
[40Teatro del Silenzio
In 2006, Bocelli influenced the municipality of his hometown
Lajatico to build an outdoor theatre, the "
Teatro del Silenzio".
[157] Bocelli serves as its honorary president and performs for one night only, every July, the rest of the year, the theatre remains silent.