The Metal Opera: Pt 1 & 2 – Gold Edition

The Metal Opera: Pt 1 & 2 - Gold Edition is a box set by Avantasia, released through the band's former label AFM Records on March 6, 2008. The set contains Avantasia's first two albums (The Metal Opera and The Metal Opera Part II) on two gold CDs, a 44-page booklet with the storyline, rare photos, liner notes, and an interview with project mastermind Tobias Sammet; all inside a luxury leather box.

Track listing

CD 1

1. Prelude
2. Reach Out for the Light
3. Serpents in Paradise
4. Malleus Maleficarum
5. Breaking Away
6. Farewell
7. The Glory of Rome
8. In Nomine Patris
9. Avantasia
10. A New Dimension
11. Inside
12. Sign of the Cross
13. The Tower
14. Avantasia (bonus radio single)

CD 2

1. The Seven Angels
2. No Return
3. The Looking Glass
4. In Quest for
5. The Final Sacrifice
6. Neverland
7. Anywhere
8. Chalice of Agony
9. Memory
10. Into the Unknown
11. Sign of the Cross (Live bonus track) - Audio
12. Sign of the Cross (Live bonus track) - Video

Personnel (The Avantasians)

• Tobias Sammet - (bass, keyboards, vocals)
• Alex Holzwarth - (drums)
• Andre Matos - (vocals)
• Bob Catley - (vocals)
• Sharon Den Adel - (vocals)
• David Defeis - (vocals)
• Frank Tischer - (keyboards)
• Henjo Richter - (guitar)
• Jens Ludwig - (guitar)
• Kai Hansen - (vocals)
• Markus Grosskopf - (bass)
• Michael Kiske - (vocals)
• Norman Meiritz - (guitar)
• Oliver Hartmann - (vocals)
• Ralf Zdiarstek - (vocals)
• Rob Rock - (vocals)
• Timo Tolkki - (guitar, vocals)