TY  - SOUND
AU  - Bocelli,Andrea
TI  - Andrea Bocelli - The Opera Album - Aria
SN  - B0000069CO
AV  - MCD 001525 
PY  - 1998///
PB  - Philips
KW  - Classical
KW  - OperaOperetta
N1  - Andre Bocelli is no opera singer, but he shows far more potential in  this album than does another pop-vocalist tenor-wannabe, Michael Bolton. For one  thing, he can shake off the crooner mannerisms and really sing when performing  music that calls for it. At his best, he has a rich, dark timbre and an easy,  unforced top. At other times, however, the tone turns dry and thin and the high  notes are constricted, the inconsistency suggesting a lack of technique. Never  does one get the impression that he could be heard over a medium-sized orchestra  without amplification. This isn't bad singing per se, but there is much better  out there, readily available on disc.; Rigoletto: Questa o quella
La Boheme: Che gelida manina
TOSCA: Recondita armonia
TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle
Madama Butterfly: Addio, fiorito asil
Andrea Chenier: Come un bel di di maggio
I Puritani: A te, o cara
Der Rosenkavalier: Di rigori armato il seno
Fedora: Amor ti vieta
La Fanciulla del West: Ch'ella mi creda
La Gioconda: Cielo e mar!
Adriana Lecouvreur: La dolcissima effigie
La Boheme: Musetta! - Testa adorata
Lucia di Lammermoor: Tombe degli avi miei - Fra poco a me ricovero
Werther: Pourquoi me reveiller
Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee
La Fille Du Regiment: Pour mon ame
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