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Aria: The Opera Album

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Aria: The Opera Album
Studio album by
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.

The album was recognised as "best selling album of the year" in the 1998 Echo Klassik Awards.[1][2]

Track listing

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Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)OperaLength
1."Questa o quella"Giuseppe VerdiRigoletto1:47
2."Che gelida manina"Giacomo PucciniLa bohème4:21
3."Recondita armonia"PucciniTosca2:59
4."E lucevan le stelle"PucciniTosca2:53
5."Addio, fiorito asil"PucciniMadama Butterfly1:50
6."Come un bel dì di maggio"Umberto GiordanoAndrea Chénier3:18
7."A te, o cara"Vincenzo BelliniI Puritani3:05
8."Di rigori armato il seno"Richard StraussDer Rosenkavalier2:10
9."Amor ti vieta"GiordanoFedora1:51
10."Ch'ella mì creda libero"PucciniLa fanciulla del West2:01
11."Cielo e mar!"Amilcare PonchielliLa Gioconda4:35
12."La dolcissima effigie"Francesco CileaAdriana Lecouvreur2:13
13."Musetta!...Testa adorata"Ruggero LeoncavalloLa bohème3:06
14."Tombe degli avi miei – Fra poco a me ricovero"Gaetano DonizettiLucia di Lammermoor6:53
15."Pourquoi me réveiller"Jules MassenetWerther3:06
16."La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"Georges BizetCarmen4:20
17."Pour mon âme"Gaetano DonizettiLa fille du régiment2:15
Special edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)OperaLength
18."Di quella pira"VerdiII trovatore3:22
19."C'était le soir... Au fond du temple Saint"BizetLes pêcheurs de perles6:17

Charts

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Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[3] 70
Danish Albums Chart[4] 10

Year-end charts

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Chart (1998) Position
German Albums Chart[5] 68

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6] Gold 35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[7] Gold 25,000*
Belgium (BEA)[8] Platinum 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[9] Platinum 100,000^
France (SNEP)[10] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[11] Gold 250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[12] Platinum 25,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[13] Gold 25,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[14] Gold 50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[15] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[16] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[18] Platinum 1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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