"MILAN -- Crossover tenor Andrea Bocelli will be among the headline performers for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Feb. 6, joining the previously announced pop diva Mariah Carey, organizers said Sunday. The opening ceremony will be centered in Milan's landmark San Siro soccer stadium, featuring the Parade of Athletes and entertainment over the course of the three-hour spectacle that is expected to be the most widely viewed moment of the Games."
"The ceremony will also include a tribute to the late Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani, who died in September at the age of 91. Armani has long designed the Italian team's Olympic uniforms, and his legacy as one of the founders of Italian ready-to-wear is tightly tied to Milan, where he left his mark with the Armani theater, Silos museum and sponsorship of the EA7 Emporio Armani Milano basketball team. Bocelli, a classically trained singer whose recordings include classical and pop music, has performed for the coronation of King Charles III and for the 75th anniversary of the Italian Constitution in Rome."
Andrea Bocelli and Mariah Carey are scheduled to headline the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Feb. 6 at Milan's San Siro stadium. The three-hour event will feature the Parade of Athletes and entertainment expected to be the Games' most widely viewed moment. Elements of the ceremony will be conducted live from Cortina, Livigno and Predazzo to include athletes from venues across the spread-out Games. The program will include a tribute to Giorgio Armani, acknowledging his longtime role designing Italian Olympic uniforms and his cultural ties to Milan. Bocelli will perform during a break from his world tour before continuing U.S. dates.
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