Noa will sing "Ave Maria" on Friday night, on Rai Uno's special edition of "Porta a Porta". She will be the only artist on the show, which will air after the funeral of the Pope. There will be many distinguished guests from around the globe talking about the deceased Pope. "This is a great honor for me. There are so many great artists around the world, and to be chosen is fantastic. I will be there not only as a singer, but as a representative of the Jewish people and Israel, to pay repects to the man who respected the Jewish people. I feel it is a very heavy responsibility", she said in numerous interviews to newspapers from around the world held in the last 24 hours. The show is expected to be watched by millions. Noa's rendition of "Ave Maria" has been receiving heavy airplay since the death of the Pope.
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first it was evident (not only for us ) that last Friday the beauty of Noa's voice and the magic of the song completely changed the atmosphere in the TV studio of Rai Uno. The debate was interesting for the personalities taking the part in the show, but only after Noa's music - and then Noa's speech - it changed into a debate with a high level of emotion.
We want to remember also two other beautiful moments: the Italian actress Pamela Villoresi said: Noa, i've listened to the cd with Ave Maria thousands of times; maybe you say that you're not a religious woman but you sing like an angel!
Then there were the congratulations to Noa by the journalists for being the first Israeli artist to perform with Palestinian and Islamic singers, representing a model of dialogue between the different cultures and religions.
Beautiful also Noa's words about the power of love and compassion. She told that the evening when the Pope died, she was in Italy for a concert; she knew that the Pope was not well, so wanted to dedicate Ave Maria to the Pope. While she was singing, she felt something strong inside, a tension she couldn't understand. At the end of the song someone went to the stage and gave the news of the death in that moment of the Pope. So she asked: how can it be? What can connect a Yemenite Jewish girl with Bach and Gounod and the Pope? This is something trascendental, the power of love, of compassion, of openmindness, of peace: Noa said to believe in this power strongly.
At the end of the show after a very long debate about the elections of the new Pope, talking about the age and other technical details, Noa expressed her hope, also as mother of two, that the next Pope could be a person who open mind and heart to all the peoples and work for peace with love: this is more important than any argument.
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