Andrea Bocelli International presence
 In 1992, the Italian rock star Zucchero first auditioned Bocelli while scouting for tenors to duet with him in the song Miserere; after hearing this recording, tenor Luciano Pavarotti urged Zucchero to use Bocelli instead of himself and said, Let Andrea sing Miserere with you, for there is no one finer. The song was later recorded with Pavarotti, but Bocelli accompanied Zucchero on his European concert tour.
In 1994, Bocelli performed the winning entry Il mare calmo della sera at the Sanremo Festival, which led to his first gold record. That year, he also debuted as Macduff in Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth, sang at Pavarotti's benefit concert in Modena, and performed for Pope John Paul II at Christmas.
In 1995, Bocelli's song Con te partir? placed fourth at the Sanremo Festival. It was included in his 1995 album Bocelli.
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