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(2012) Opera
(2012) Release date 3 November 2012 Genre Opera | Artist Andrea Bocelli Label Decca Records | |
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Released November 3, 2012 (2012-11-03)
(UK and Ireland only) Nominations Classic Brit Award for Album of the Year Similar Opera ‑ The Ultimate, Aria: The Opera Album, Verdi, Sentimento, Passione | ||
Opera is the first compilation album of opera arias by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. The album was released only in the United Kingdom 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.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart, 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.
Songs
1Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 3 - "La donna è mobile"Zubin Mehta - Israel Philharmonic Orchestra2:11
2Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Act 1 - "Recitar!Vesti la giubba"Steven Mercurio - Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo Bellini - Catania3:59
3Giordano: Fedora / Act 2 - "Amor ti vieta"Gianandrea Noseda - Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino1:52