Aria: The Opera Album

• Artist: Andrea Bocelli
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• Release Date: 1998
• Total Time: 52:45
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Classical

Review

Lush yet sensitive arrangements provide an ideal setting for Andrea Bocelli's gorgeous vocals on Aria: The Opera Album. Bocelli tackles famous arias from a variety of operas, adding a couple of lesser-known arias for good measure. The result is a lovely, enchanting record, highlighted by "Questa o Quella," "Recondita Armonia," "Addio, Fiorito Asil," "Come un Bel d di Maggio," "Amor Ti Vieta," "La Dolcissima Effigie," "Pourquoi Me Reveiller," and "Pour Mon Me." ~ Rodney Batdorf, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Rigoletto, opera~Questa o quella	Giuseppe Verdi	Andrea Bocelli	(1:46)
La bohème, opera~Che gelida manina	Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica	Andrea Bocelli	(4:20)
Tosca, opera~Recondita armonia	Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica	Andrea Bocelli	(2:58)
Tosca, opera~E lucevan le stelle...	Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica	Andrea Bocelli	(2:52)
Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera~Addio, fiorito asil	Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica	Andrea Bocelli	(1:51)
Andrea Chénier, opera~Come un bel dì di maggio	Umberto Giordano, Luigi Illica	Andrea Bocelli	(3:18)
I Puritani, opera~A te, o cara	Vincenzo Bellini	Andrea Bocelli	(3:06)
Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227)~Di rigori armato il seno		Andrea Bocelli	(2:10)
Fedora, opera~Amor ti vieta	Umberto Giordano	Andrea Bocelli	(1:52)
La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), opera~Ch'ella mi cred		Andrea Bocelli	(2:01)
La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts~Cielo e mar!	Amilcare Ponchielli	Andrea Bocelli	(4:36)
Adriana Lecouvreur, opera~La dolcissima effigie	Francesco Cilea	Andrea Bocelli	(2:13)
La bohème, opera~Musetta!...Testa adorata [La Bohème]	Ruggero Leoncavallo	Andrea Bocelli	(3:07)
Lucia di Lammermoor, opera~Tombe degli avi miei - Fra poco a me ricover	Gaetano Donizetti	Andrea Bocelli	(6:53)
Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts~Pourquoi me réveiller	Jules Massenet	Andrea Bocelli	(3:06)
Carmen, opera~La fleur que tu m/avais jetée	Georges Bizet, Henri Meilhac	Andrea Bocelli	(4:20)
La fille du régiment, opera~Pour mon ame	Gaetano Donizetti	Andrea Bocelli	(2:16)

Credits

Giorgio Armani (Wardrobe), Jean-Marie Geijsen (Balance Engineer), Luigi Illica (Librettist), Michele Torpedine (Management), Thijs Hoekstra (Balance Engineer), Giuseppe Giacosa (Librettist), Sarah Wong (Photography), Andrea Bocelli (Tenor (Vocal)), Henri Meilhac (Librettist), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Librettist), Andrea Bocelli (Liner Notes), Carlo Bernini (Assistant), Thijs Hoekstra (Engineer), Anna Barry (Executive Producer), Anna Barry (Producer), Bryn Terfel (Vocals), Ludovic Halévy (Librettist)