Hey Brother! Friar Alessandro Live from Assisi

OC swapped leather for cashmere last week during a quick dip from chilly Milan to mild Tuscany to meet 34-year-old brother tenor Friar Alessandro, the first of his kind to secure a record deal, from Decca Records, for his round, warm lyric tenor.

OC chatted with the brown-robed friar from the Last Supper-fresco refectory of Assisi's Santa Maria degli Angeli in his gregarious, native Italian. Citing musical influences as diverse as Johann Sebastian Bach and Michael Jackson, Friar Alessandro calls his voice, "a gift from God to share with everyone," and sings out of pure devotion.

Read the full interview here on Grazia.it, or if your Italian's rusty, the English translation (and a couple photos) are below the cut!