Aria: The Opera Album

Aria: The Opera Album
Studio album by Andrea Bocelli
Released	April 7, 1998
Recorded	Teatro Comunale, Florence, 7/1997
Genre	Classical, Opera
Length	52'45
Label	Philips
Andrea Bocelli chronology
Romanza (1997) Aria - The Opera Album (1998) Sogno (1999)

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

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

Track listing

• "Questa o quella", from Verdi's Rigoletto
• "Che gelida manina", from Puccini's La bohème
• "Recondita armonia", from Puccini's Tosca
• "E lucevan le stelle", from Puccini's Tosca
• "Addio, fiorito asil", from Puccini's Madama Butterfly
• "Come un bel dì di maggio", from Giordano's Andrea Chénier
• "A te, o cara", from Bellini's I Puritani
• "Di rigori armato il seno", from Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier
• "Amor ti vieta", from Giordano's Fedora
• "Ch'ella mì creda libero", from Puccini's La fanciulla del West
• "Cielo e mar!", from Ponchielli's La Gioconda
• "La dolcissima effigie", from Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur
• "Musetta!...Testa adorata", from Leoncavallo's La bohème
• "Tombe degli avi miei - Fra poco a me ricovero", from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
• "Pourquoi me réveiller", from Massenet's Werther
• "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée", from Bizet's Carmen
• "Pour mon âme", from Donizetti's La fille du régiment

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[2]	Gold	25,000^*
Belgium (BEA)[3]	Gold	25,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[4]	Platinum	100,000^^
France (SNEP)[5]	Gold	100,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[6]	Gold	250,000^^
Netherlands (NVPI)[7]	Platinum	100,000^^
Poland (ZPAV)[8]	Gold	50,000^*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[9]	Gold	25,000^^
United States (RIAA)[10]	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. "Austrian album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Aria" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Andrea Bocelli in the field Interpret. Enter Aria in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
3. "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 1998". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
4. "Canadian album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Aria - The Opera Album". Music Canada.
5. "French album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Aria" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
6. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Andrea Bocelli; 'Aria')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
7. "Dutch album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Aria" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers.
8. "Polish album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Aria" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
9. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Andrea Bocelli; 'Aria')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
10. "American album certifications – Andrea Bocelli – Aria: The Opera Album". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH