Blind opera singer Andrea Bocelli was airlifted to hospital after falling off a horse and hitting his head.
The 58-year-old suffered the nasty tumble while riding a horse in Pisa, Italy, on Thursday.
Italy’s top tenor, who has been permanently blind since the age of 12, is now thought to be recovering back at home.
Incident: Italian singer Andrea Bocelli was airlifted to hospital after falling off a horse and hitting his head
It is unclear how the accident happened but he was immediately rushed to hospital by helicopter.
Andrea reassured his fans after the incident by insisting the fall was ‘trivial’ and that he ‘feels great’, in a tweet posted on Thursday afternoon.
He wrote: ‘Dear friends, I would like to reassure you and tell you that I feel great: it was just a trivial fall from a horse.’
The singer is now back home and recovering well, his representative told TMZ. MailOnline has contacted his management for further comment.
The famed singer is known for keeping active, and has been spotted waterskiing, rollerblading and horseback riding in the past.
Fall: The 58-year-old was riding the horse in Pisa, Italy, when he suffered a nasty tumble on Thursday
Recovering: Andrea reassured his fans after the incident by insisting the fall was ‘trivial’ and that he ‘feels great’, in a tweet posted on Thursday afternoon
Bocelli revealed in the past that his parents were advised to abort him because doctors predicted the future famous singer would be born with a disability.
It was immediately apparent at birth that Bocelli had poor eyesight and he was diagnosed with congenital glaucoma.
The condition would eventually lead to Bocelli’s love for the music that would later make him so famous.
‘When I was five my mother discovered that the only way to comfort me with my glaucoma, was to play classical music on the record player,’ he told The Daily Telegraph in 2010.
Active: The famed singer is known for keeping active, and has been spotted waterskiing, rollerblading and horseback riding in the past
Bocelli became permanently blind at the age of 12 after he was hit in his right eye during a football match while playing goalkeeper.
The father-of-three, currently married to 33-year-old Veronica Berti, has been winding down after performing with a Haitian children’s choir on a two-week European tour.
Bocelli’s foundation created the ‘Voices of Haiti’ choir to give specialized training and the trip of a lifetime to young children and teens from the country’s poorest regions