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

Aria: The Opera Album
Studio album by Andrea Bocelli
Released	April 7, 1998 (1998-04-07)
Recorded	Teatro Comunale, Florence, 7/1997
Genre	Classical opera
Length	52:45
Label	Philips, Sugar
Producer	Anna Barry (also exec.)
Andrea Bocelli chronology
Romanza (1997) Aria: The Opera Album (1998) Sogno (1999)

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

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[2]	70
Danish Albums Chart[3]	10

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
German Albums Chart[4]	68

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[5]	Gold	35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[6]	Gold	25,000*
Belgium (BEA)[7]	Platinum	50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[8]	Platinum	100,000^
France (SNEP)[9]	Gold	100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[10]	Gold	250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[11]	Platinum	25,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[12]	Gold	25,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[13]	Gold	50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[14]	Platinum	100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[15]	Gold	25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[16]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[17]	Platinum	1,000,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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