Opera: The Ultimate Collection

by Andrea Bocelli

Overview

This is not a fresh collection of operatic material by the phenomenally popular Andrea Bocelli; those curious about his sound in pure operatic material may still be directed toward the perennial strong seller Aria: The Opera Album (1998). The present release is a collection of familiar opera arias done Bocelli style, most of them not drawn from the earlier release, but from a variety of albums and performances dating back as far as 1995. The result is a collection of material that would be difficult for all but the most devoted Bocelli fans to quickly gather together in one place, and it ought thus to be of interest to that legion. The other attraction here is that most of the pieces are standard hits of the operatic repertory. Much of the material still comes from the years on either side of the year 2000, when Bocelli was trying to establish credibility in the opera world, and the attitude of confirmed opera-house denizens will probably have been set back then: he does a reasonable job, and he has the emotional directness that so many find attractive, but there are resonances in the work of singers who've devoted to their lives to this stuff that you don't hear here. However, the final "Nessun Dorma!" (track 22), recorded in 2014, sounds good: the tenor's voice has darkened a bit, and it's clear that he has taken care of it well. Recommended for Bocelli lovers. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	10/21/2014
Label:	Decca
UPC:	0028947877325
Rank:	6165

Tracks

1. Rigoletto~La Donna ¿¿ Mobile
2. La boh¿¿me~Che Gelida Manina
3. Pagliacci~Recitar!... Vesti la Giubba
4. Requiem~Ingemisco
5. Les P¿¿cheurs de Perles~Au Fond du Temple Saint
6. Fedora~Amor ti Vieta
7. Manon Lescaut~Donna non Vidi Mai
8. L' Elisir d'Amore~Una Furtiva Lagrima
9. La Traviata~O Mio Rimorso!
10. Madama Butterfly~Addio, Fiorito Asil
11. La Boh¿¿me~O Soave Fanciulla
12. Aida~Celeste Aida
13. L' Arlesiana~¿¿ la Solita Storia
14. Cavalleria Rusticana~Intanto, Amici, Qua... Viva il Vino Spumeggiante
15. Tosca~E Lucevan Le Stelle
16. Tosca~Dammi i Colori!... Recondita Armonia
17. Werther~Toute Mon ¿¿me est l¿¿... Pourquoi Me R¿¿veiller
18. Rom¿¿o et Juliette~L'Amour! L'Amour!... Ah! L¿¿ve-toi, Soleil
19. La Fille du R¿¿giment~Pour Mon ¿¿me Quel Destin
20. Il Trovatore~Di Quella Pira
21. Andrea Ch¿¿nier~Come un Bel d¿¿ di Maggio
22. Turandot~Nessun Dorma!

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Andrea Bocelli   Primary Artist,Tenor (Vocal)
Marco Armiliato   Conductor
Steven Mercurio   Conductor
Valery Gergiev   Conductor
Bryn Terfel   Bass Baritone
London Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra
Zubin Mehta   Conductor
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra   Orchestra
Placido Domingo   Conductor
Barry Wordsworth   Conductor
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana   Orchestra
Paolo Gavanelli   Baritone (Vocal)
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna   Orchestra
Members of the Mariinsky (Kirov) Theater Orchestra   Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda   Conductor
Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan   Orchestra
Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana   Choir/Chorus
Coro del Teatro Massimo "Bellini" Catania   Choir/Chorus
Chorus Teatro Massimo Bellini, Catania   Choir/Chorus
Orchestra del Teatro Massimo "Bellini" Catania   Orchestra
Enkelejda Shkosa   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra
Veronica Villarroel   Soprano (Vocal)
Barbara Frittoli   Soprano (Vocal)
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino   Orchestra
Fabio Luisi   Conductor
Matteo Peirone   Bass (Vocal)
Yves Abel   Conductor
Salvatore Bonaffini   Tenor (Vocal)
Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova   Orchestra
Vladimir Fedoseyev   Conductor
Comunitat Valenciana Chorus   Choir/Chorus
Mariinsky (Kirov) Theater Orchestra   Orchestra

Technical Credits

Jules Massenet   Composer
Gaetano Donizetti   Composer
Luigi Illica   Text
Charles Gounod   Composer
Giuseppe Verdi   Composer
Jean-Francois Bayard   Text
Umberto Giordano   Composer
Andrea Bocelli   Liner Notes
Pietro Mascagni   Composer
Ruggero Leoncavallo   Text,Composer
Giuseppe Giacosa   Text
Giacomo Puccini   Composer
Georges Bizet   Composer
Giulio Ricordi   Text
Joanne Baines   Production Coordination
Marco Praga   Text
Georges Hartmann   Text
Antonio Ghislanzoni   Text
Domenico Oliva   Text
Arturo Colautti   Text
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges   Text
Francesco Cilea   Composer
Luca Rossetti   Photography
Giovanni de Sandre   Photography
Giuseppe Adami   Text
Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti   Text
Michel Carre   Text
Eugene Cormon   Text
Edouard Blau   Text
Leopoldo Marenco   Text
Paul Milliet   Text
Guido Menasci   Text
Felice Romani   Text
Monika Scheel   Liner Note Translation
Stefano Scozzese   Cover Design
Salvatore Cammarano   Text
Renato Simoni   Text
Francesco Maria Piave   Text
Jules Barbier   Text