Both Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo like to attend after parties.
The Italian tenor gave PEOPLE more details about the joy that took place behind the scenes at his three-day July concert at the Teatro del Silenzio in Tuscany, which honored his thirty-year musical career.

Bocelli, 66, tells PEOPLE that “everyone was extremely involved and emotionally compelled.” Among his well-known friends who attended the concert were Ed Sheeran, Shania Twain, Jon Batiste, Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Sofia Vergara, David Foster, Christian Nodal, Sofia Carson, Laura Pausini, Tiziano Ferro, Zucchero, Giorgia, and his children Matteo and Virginia.

“At the end of every night, we organized a party in the backstage,” he continues. “At the end of the second concert… Ed Sheeran, Johnny Depp and Matteo, they all went to my house in Lajatico where I was born and raised.”

Andrea Bocelli and Ed Sheeran perform in July 2024.Luca Rossetti
Bocelli concludes, “They made pasta together. They drank some wine, I’m sure, and they were partying until 6 a.m.. Just to give you an idea on the magic atmosphere that was there during those nights.”

To Bocelli, this was “the biggest achievement of everything else.”

At the concert, Sheeran, 33, and Bocelli performed their duet “Perfect Symphony.” Meanwhile, Depp, 61, took the stage with Bocelli for a performance of “En Aranjuez Con Tu Amo.” With Matteo, 27, Bocelli performed “Fall on Me,” “If I Knew” and “Time to Say Goodbye.”

Andrea Bocelli and Matteo Bocelli attend the 96th Annual Academy Awards in March 2024 in Hollywood.John Shearer/WireImage
Over the course of those three days, Bocelli soaked in every moment and was so filled with gratitude he became emotional.

“I am an ex-countryside boy and I’m not easy to be moved. I don’t get emotional so easily,” he says. “However, at the same time, I’m more so used to the fact that I shouldn’t be taking anything for granted.”

“So everything that was happening in that fantastic backdrop of the Teatro del Silenzio, which is a piece of a world where I was born and raised, everything would make me feel grateful, grateful to everybody who was there and grateful to the good Lord for the big gift that I was given,” he adds.

Because of this experience, Bocelli hopes that he used his “voice in a proper way during my career.”

Matteo Bocelli attends the “Andrea Bocelli 30 – The Celebration” red carpet at Sala Sinopoli on October 20, 2024 in Rome, Italy.
Matteo Bocelli attends the “Andrea Bocelli 30 – The Celebration” red carpet at Sala Sinopoli in October 2024 in Rome, Italy. Daniele Venturelli/WireImage
The three-day event was documented and has become a concert film titled Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration produced by Mercury Studios, Maverick, Impact Productions, and CITYSOUND & Events. Grammy-nominee and Emmy Award-winner Sam Wrench directed the production.

“It’s a real celebration of Andrea and everything that he encompasses. That being Italy, that being Tuscany, that being amazing collaborations and crossovers and surprises,” Wrench tells PEOPLE. “It’s a real sense of the breadth that Andrea has as an artist.”