Aria: The Opera Album [Special Editon] by Andrea Bocelli (CD

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Album Features
UPC:	028946203323
Artist:	Andrea Bocelli
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1998
Record Label:	Philips
Genre:	Classical, Grand Opera, Opéra-comique

Track Listing
1. Rigoletto, opera: Questa o quella
2. La bohème, opera: Che gelida manina
3. Tosca, opera: Recondita armonia
4. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle...
5. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Addio, fiorito asil
6. Andrea Chénier, opera: Come un bel dì di maggio
7. I Puritani, opera: A te, o cara
8. Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Di rigori armato il seno
9. Fedora, opera: Amor ti vieta
10. La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), opera: Ch'ella mi creda
11. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Cielo e mar!
12. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: La dolcissima effigie
13. La bohème, opera: Musetta!...Testa adorata
14. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Tombe degli avi miei - Fra poco a me ricovero
15. Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Pourquoi me réveiller
16. Carmen, opera: La fleur que tu ma'vais jetée
17. La fille du régiment, opera: Pour mon ame

Details
Playing Time:	53 min.
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	DDD

Album Notes
Personnel: Andrea Bocelli (tenor); Bryn Terfel (vocals).
Recording information: Teatro Comunale, Florence, Italy (07/1997).
Andrea Bocelli is one of a handful of artists able to perform both popular and classical music with great success and distinction. ARIA-THE OPERA ALBUM features his thoughtful and heartfelt renditions of some of the most popular Romantic tenor arias. It is easy to hear strains of other singers in his voice, such as a young Del Monaco or perhaps Corelli, with whom he studied, paying for his lessons singing in piano bars and night clubs.
Worth noting are "Questa o quella" from Verdi's 'Rigoletto,' where Bocelli easily adopts the suave and lascivious charm of The Duke of Mantua, and "Porquoi me réveiller" from Massenet's 'Werther,' which highlights his command of the French language. With his perfect diction and dramatic style, Andrea Bocelli gives the experienced listener a new alternative to existing recordings and the opera novice an excellent introduction to the tenor repertoire.