mr. bocelli and maestro gilbert take the stage, opera takes a back seat to contemporary music. very well. ladies and gentlemen, david foster. [ cheers and applause ] zahn: mr. foster has been called "the hit man," and for good reason, having not only composed a score of hit songs himself, but also having discovered and nurtured some huge stars along the way. [ cheers and applause ] good evening, andrea. hi, david. i was out there with the people, listening to the concert, and you are -- i don't know if you can say this on tv -- but, you are singing your ass off. [ laughter ] it is unbelievable! it sounds so great. i wanted to say that andrea and i have worked together a lot, and we have great fun together. and, as he mentioned, a couple of the composers -- morricone -- but there's a lot of italian -- popular italian songs that became big in america, and this one was from 1962. and it won a grammy for riz ortolani. and when i said to andrea that we should do this song, like, amore style, kind of sexy like andrea bocelli... he said... he said, "no, we must do it the way america k

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