Opera (Andrea Bocelli album)

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Opera
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Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 3, 2012 (2012-11-03)
(UK and Ireland only)
Genre Opera
Label Sugar, Decca [1]
Andrea Bocelli chronology
iTunes Festival: London 2012
(2012)
Opera
(2012)
Passione
(2013)

Opera is the first compilation album of opera arias by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. [2] The album was released only in the United Kingdom [2] and appeared on the album charts of the UK and Ireland.

Contents

Background

The album is a compilation of arias from Bocelli's previously recorded Classical albums.

Track listing

Standard listing
No.TitleWriter(s)OperaLength
1."La donna è mobile" Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto, Act III2:07
2."Vesti la giubba" Ruggero Leoncavallo Pagliacci, Act I3:56
3."Amor ti vieta" Umberto Giordano Fedora, Act II1:49
4."Ingemisco" Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem 4:07
5."Addio, fiorito asil" Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly, Act II1:51
6."Celeste Aida"Verdi Aida, Act I4:04
7."Brindisi - Viva, il vino spumeggiante" Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana 2:52
8."Mamma, quel vino è generoso"MascagniCavalleria rusticana3:58
9."Au fond du temple saint" (with Bryn Terfel) Georges Bizet Les pêcheurs de perles, Act I5:53
10."Una furtiva lagrima" Gaetano Donizetti L'elisir d'amore, Act II4:13
11."Lamento di Federico" Francesco Cilea L'arlesiana, Act II4:39
12."O mio rimorso!""Verdi La traviata, Act II2:49
13."Che gelida manina"Puccini La bohème, Act I4:19
14."O soave fanciulla" (with Barbara Frittoli)PucciniLa bohème, Act I4:04
15."Di quella pira"Verdi Il trovatore, Act III3:12
16."Recondita armonia"Puccini Tosca, Act I2:57
17."E lucevan le stelle"PucciniTosca, Act III2:51
18."Pourquoi me réveiller" Jules Massenet Werther, Act III3:06
19."Pour mon âme"Donizetti La fille du régiment, Act I2:16
20."Come un bel dì di maggio"Giordano Andrea Chénier, Act IV3:18
21."Nessun dorma"Puccini Turandot, Act III3:11

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart, [3] [4] following Bocelli's performance of "Nessun dorma" on the Strictly Come Dancing results show the day before. With 14,577 copies sold, it became Bocelli's 16th Top 40 album and seventh Top 10 entry since his 1997 breakthrough, Romanza , while lifting his career sales to a 4,964,058 total in the United Kingdom.[ citation needed ]

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References

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