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Arts | OPERA REVIEW. OPERA REVIEW; A Blind Pop Tenor Takes On the Operatic Stage. There were crestfallen faces throughout the audience at the Detroit Opera House on Friday night as Andrea Bocelli made his North American opera debut in the title role of Massenet's ''Werther'' with the Michigan Opera Theater.
Andrea Bocelli, the Italian tenor whose repertoire includes four complete operas, has indeed been blind since his youth.    According to the All Media Guide:    â¦The young Bocelli also suffered from poor eyesight, having been born with congenital glaucoma, and a soccer accident rendered him completely blind at the age of 12.