Aria: The Opera Album
Studio album by
Andrea Bocelli
ReleasedApril 7, 1998 (1998-04-07)
RecordedTeatro Comunale, Florence, 7/1997
Genre
Length52:45
LabelPhilips, Sugar
ProducerAnna Barry (also exec.)
Andrea Bocelli chronology
Romanza
(1997) 		Aria: The Opera Album
(1998) 		Sogno
(1999)

Aria: The Opera Album is Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's fourth studio album, released in April 1998.

Bocelli received the ECHO Klassik, for "Best selling classical album" for the album in 1998.[1]

Track listing

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)

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[2] 70
Danish Albums Chart[3] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
German Albums Chart[4] 68

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
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.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Chronicle 1998". bocelli.de. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  2. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 35.
  3. ^ "Listen - Danmarks Officielle Hitliste - Udarbejdet af AIM Nielsen for IFPI Danmark - Uge 22". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Copenhagen. 1998-06-01.
  4. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  6. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Aria" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  7. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 1999". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
  8. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Aria - The Opera Album". Music Canada.
  9. ^ "French album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Aria" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  10. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Andrea Bocelli; 'Aria')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  11. ^ "Dutch jazz certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Aria" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Aria in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  12. ^ "Norwegian album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Aria" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
  13. ^ "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 1999 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  14. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. p. 947. ISBN 8480486392.
  15. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Aria')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  16. ^ "British album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Aria - The Opera Album". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  17. ^ "American album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Aria: The Opera Album". Recording Industry Association of America.


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