Aria: The Opera Album is Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's fourth studio album, released in April 1998.
Aria: The Opera Album | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 7, 1998 | |||
Recorded | Teatro Comunale, Florence, 7/1997 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 52:45 | |||
Label | Philips, Sugar | |||
Producer | Anna Barry (also exec.) | |||
Andrea Bocelli chronology | ||||
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Bocelli received the ECHO Klassik, for "Best selling classical album" for the album in 1998.[1]
1. "Questa o quella", from Verdi's Rigoletto (1:47)
2. "Che gelida manina", from Puccini's La bohème (4:21)
3. "Recondita armonia", from Puccini's Tosca (2:59)
4. "E lucevan le stelle", from Puccini's Tosca (2:53)
5. "Addio, fiorito asil", from Puccini's Madama Butterfly (1:50)
6. "Come un bel dì di maggio", from Giordano's Andrea Chénier (3:18)
7. "A te, o cara", from Bellini's I Puritani (3:05)
8. "Di rigori armato il seno", from Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier (2:10)
9. "Amor ti vieta", from Giordano's Fedora (1:51)
10. "Ch'ella mì creda libero", from Puccini's La fanciulla del West (2:01)
11. "Cielo e mar!", from Ponchielli's La Gioconda (4:35)
12. "La dolcissima effigie", from Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur (2:13)
13. "Musetta!...Testa adorata", from Leoncavallo's La bohème (3:06)
14. "Tombe degli avi miei - Fra poco a me ricovero", from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor (6:53)
15. "Pourquoi me réveiller", from Massenet's Werther (3:06)
16. "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée", from Bizet's Carmen (4:20)
17. "Pour mon âme", from Donizetti's La fille du régiment (2:15)
Bonus Tracks:
18. "Di Quella Pira", from Verdi's II trovatore (3:22)
19. "C'était le soir... Au fond du temple Saint", from Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles (6:17)
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[2] | 70 |
Danish Albums Chart[3] | 10 |
Chart (1998) | Position |
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German Albums Chart[4] | 68 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[5] | Gold | 35,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[6] | Gold | 25,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[7] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[8] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
France (SNEP)[9] | Gold | 100,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[10] | Gold | 250,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI)[11] | Platinum | 25,000^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[12] | Gold | 25,000* |
Poland (ZPAV)[13] | Gold | 50,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[14] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[15] | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[17] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |