Hello to all - my name is Martin and I'm a photographer with the picture agency Camera Press. I was fortunate enough to be granted exclusive access last night to photograph Andrea at the start of his European tour in my home town of Glasgow.
What I didn't quite expect was for Andrea's management and production team to be so accommodating and as helpful as they were - allowing me to remain in the auditorium up until the intermission just so I could get photographs of Andrea on stage with Daniela Bruera and Gianfranco Montresor.
To put this priviledge into perspective: normally a photographer would be escorted out of the venue after the end of the first two or three songs, but Andrea's management knew that it was important to get pictures of him with the soprano and baritone onstage and thus granted this special permission.
As a fan of Andrea's works, I felt quite honoured to be allowed to stay to listen to eleven wonderful works of classical music - many of which made the hairs on my neck stand on end, and a few which found me almost singing along!
I sent 28 shots from the evening down to my agency but that still left a fair few unused. For anyone whom is interested, you can review the remaining shots at the following web address
http://www.vikingphotography.co.uk/andreabocelli
In closing, I would like to thank Andrea's management and production team for their kind consideration last night, thus allowing me to acheive a level of work not normally possible at live concerts. I'd also like to thank the people at the concert for their patience in putting up with my scurrying around the stage front area, and I apologise if I distracted anyone or obscured their view for even a moment.
I hope you all enjoy the photographs.