Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli will sing in Beijing in October, according to China Radio International Friday.

Dubbed the "the fourth tenor" Bocelli is best know for his hit "Con te partiro", which he also performed as a duet with Sarah Brightman and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Bocelli was born with an inherited form of glaucoma, which got worse as he aged.

When he was twelve years old, he was hit with a soccer ball and went completely blind.

(Xinhua)

tenor: the adult male singing voice above baritone（男高音）

duet: two performers or singers who perform together（二重唱）

glaucoma: increased pressure in the eyeball due to obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor; damages the optic disc and impairs vision（青光眼）