Aria: The Opera Album
# Aria: The Opera Album

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.

## 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) | 70 |
| Danish Albums Chart | 10 |

### Year-end charts

| Chart (1998) | Position |
| - | - |
| German Albums Chart | 68 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| - | - | - |
| Australia (ARIA) | Gold | $35,000^^$ |
| Austria (IFPI Austria) | Gold | $25,000^*$ |
| Belgium (BEA) | Platinum | $50,000^*$ |
| Canada (Music Canada) | Platinum | $100,000^^$ |
| France (SNEP) | Gold | $100,000^*$ |
| Germany (BVMI) | Gold | $250,000^^$ |
| Netherlands (NVPI) | Platinum | $25,000^^$ |
| Norway (IFPI Norway) | Gold | $25,000^*$ |
| Poland (ZPAV) | Gold | $50,000^*$ |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE) | Platinum | $100,000^^$ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) | Gold | $25,000^^$ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) | Gold | $100,000^^$ |
| United States (RIAA) | Platinum | $1,000,000^^$ |
| $^*$ Sales figures based on certification alone. $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
