Andrea Bocelli Responds To Timothée Chalamet’s Dismissal Of Opera & Ballet, Singer Says The Art Forms “Continue To Speak To The Human Heart”

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Another beloved figure has taken Timothée Chalamet to task for his recent comments the Oscar nominee made about opera and ballet, including that “no one cares” about them anymore.

“I believe we often tend to keep our distance from what we have not yet truly encountered,” legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli said in a statement to People. “Opera and ballet are art forms that have crossed centuries and continue to speak to the human heart, because they answer a deep need for beauty, truth and emotion. They are not arts of the past, but living languages that can still move us, make us reflect, and bring different generations together.”

Bocelli, a former Oscar nominee himself, then extended an olive branch to Chalamet.

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