Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli to perform at Taipei Dome in April

Taipei, Feb. 5 (CNA) Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will hold a concert at the Taipei Dome in April, in what will be the venue's first performance by a Western artist, the concert's promoter said Wednesday.

The opera singer will perform at the Taipei Dome on April 4, while additional details on his musical accompaniments and ticket sales will be announced shortly, promoter MNA said in a press release.

Bocelli, 66, has previously performed in Taiwan five times, including at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium in 2008, in Tainan in 2013, and at the Taipei Arena in 2010, 2011 and 2015.

His April concert will be his first -- and the first by any Western performing artist -- at the Taipei Dome, which opened in October 2023.

Bocelli, who went completely blind at age 12, became an operatic phenomenon in the 1990s, going from a piano bar singer to an internationally renowned tenor.

He has sold over 90 million records worldwide and generated more than 16 billion streams, according to his record label, Universal Music Group.