Opera (Andrea Bocelli album)
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| Compilation album by Andrea Bocelli | ||||
| Released |
November 3, 2012 (UK and Ireland only) | |||
| Genre | Opera | |||
| Label | Sugar, Decca[1] | |||
| Andrea Bocelli chronology | ||||
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Opera is the first Classical compilation album of opera arias by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.[2] The album was only released in the United Kingdom[2] and charted in the album charts of both the UK and Ireland.
Background
The album is a compilation of arias from Bocelli's previously recorded Classical albums.
Track listing
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Opera | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "La donna è mobile" | Giuseppe Verdi | Rigoletto, Act III | 2:07 | ||||||
| 2. | "Vesti la giubba" | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Pagliacci, Act I | 3:56 | ||||||
| 3. | "Amor ti vieta" | Umberto Giordano | Fedora, Act II | 1:49 | ||||||
| 4. | "Ingemisco" | Giuseppe Verdi | Messa da Requiem | 4:07 | ||||||
| 5. | "Addio, fiorito asil" | Puccini | Madama Butterfly, Act II | 1:51 | ||||||
| 6. | "Celeste Aida" | Verdi | Aida, Act I | 4:04 | ||||||
| 7. | "Brindisi - Viva, il vino spumeggiante" | Pietro Mascagni | Cavalleria rusticana | 2:52 | ||||||
| 8. | "Mamma, quel vino è generoso" | Mascagni | Cavalleria rusticana | 3:58 | ||||||
| 9. | "Au Fond du Temple Saint" (with Bryn Terfel) | Georges Bizet | Les pêcheurs de perles, Act I | 5:53 | ||||||
| 10. | "Una furtiva lagrima" | Gaetano Donizetti | L'elisir d'amore, Act II | 4:13 | ||||||
| 11. | "Lamento di Federico" | Francesco Cilea | L'arlesiana, Act II | 4:39 | ||||||
| 12. | "O mio rimorso!"" | Verdi | La traviata, Act II | 2:49 | ||||||
| 13. | "Che gelida manina" | Puccini | La bohème, Act I | 4:19 | ||||||
| 14. | "O soave fanciulla" (with Barbara Frittoli) | Puccini | La bohème, Act I | 4:04 | ||||||
| 15. | "Di quella pira" | Verdi | Il trovatore, Act III | 3:12 | ||||||
| 16. | "Recondita armonia" | Puccini | Tosca, Act I | 2:57 | ||||||
| 17. | "E lucevan le stelle" | Puccini | Tosca, Act III | 2:51 | ||||||
| 18. | "Pourquoi me réveiller" | Jules Massenet | Werther, Act III | 3:06 | ||||||
| 19. | "Pour mon âme" | Donizetti | La fille du régiment, Act I | 2:16 | ||||||
| 20. | "Come un bel dì di maggio" | Giordano | Andrea Chénier, Act IV | 3:18 | ||||||
| 21. | "Nessun dorma" | Puccini | Turandot, Act III | 3:11 | ||||||
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.
Peak positions
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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| Irish Albums Chart[5] | 19 |
| UK Albums Chart[6] | 10 |
References
- ↑ Archive of Decca Records Andrea Bocelli Opera
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Andrea Bocelli to release 'Opera' Music News
- ↑ Robbie Williams tops UK single and album charts BBC News
- ↑ Robbie Williams Crowned U.K. Charts King: Top Song, Album Billboard.com
- ↑ http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2012&year=2012&week=45 Ireland Albums Top 75], November 8, 2012.
- ↑ UK Albums Top 40, November 17, 2012.
