Blinded when he was 12 years old, Andrea Bocelli faced more challenges than most on his rise to become one of the best loved performers on the planet – supported by friends, family and his wife.

But it seems the couple are not adored by all – and certainly not by the firm that used to manage Bocelli’s stellar career.

Indeed, I can disclose that, so badly has the relationship soured, Quest Management (UK) has initiated a High Court action against the Italian tenor, 66, who performed at King Charles‘s coronation concert.

Bocelli – who has sold more than 90million records and been garlanded with innumerable awards, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – was managed by Quest for ‘many years’, according to legal documents from the company.

These state that an agreement was made between them and the opera star in 2018, then extended in March 2022 and March 2023, continuing until last month, when Bocelli’s wife Veronica allegedly ended it by email on April 20.

Quest says that the ‘wrongful purported termination’ has caused it ‘very substantial loss and damage’ – losses the company claims it ‘will continue to suffer’. As a result, it is seeking unlimited damages from Bocelli, as well as costs.

The singer has previously described Veronica, 25 years his junior, as the love of his life, saying she is ‘the electric current that energises everything and makes it all work in perfect harmony’.

Despite an apparent lack of harmony with Quest, its sister company, Quest Artist Management, continues to display Bocelli’s photograph on its website, in a sequence that also includes Sir Paul McCartney and Bocelli’s younger son from his first marriage, Matteo.

A spokesman for Bocelli declines to comment, while Quest refrains from adding to the details in its High Court claim.

Let’s hope matters can be resolved without an aria of anguish, even if it is Time To Say Goodbye.