Passione is the second album by opera

Opera

Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

 singer Paul Potts

Paul Potts

Paul Robert Potts is an English pop opera tenor who won the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent in 2007, singing an operatic aria, "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot". As a singer of operatic music, Potts recorded the album One Chance, which went to #1 in nine countries...

. It was released in 2009. Potts spent nearly a year recording Passione in Prague and Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

.

Track listing

Track number	Title	Composer	Producer	Language	Time	Notes
1	La Prima Volta (First Time Ever I Saw Your Face The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 folk song written by British political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who was later to become his wife. At the time the couple were lovers, although MacColl was married to someone else. MacColl and Seeger included the song in their... )	Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl Ewan MacColl was an English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. He was married to theatre director Joan Littlewood, and later to American folksinger Peggy Seeger. He collaborated with Littlewood in the theatre and with Seeger in folk music...	produced, recorded, and mixed by Quiz and Larossi for XL Talent	Italian	4:02	"La Prima Volta" is Italian for "The First Time."
2	Sei Con Me (There For Me) Duet with Hayley Westenra Hayley Westenra Hayley Dee Westenra is a New Zealand soprano, classical crossover artist, songwriter and UNICEF Ambassador. Her first internationally released album, Pure, reached No. 1 on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million copies worldwide...	Angelo La Bionda, Carmelo La Bionda, Charly Ricanek, James Palmer James Palmer James Palmer may refer to:*Herbert James Palmer , of Prince Edward Island, Canada*Sir James Frederick Palmer , of Victoria, Australia*James Palmer, director of the Conference on World Affairs... , Matteo Saggese	produced and recorded by Quiz and Larossi for XL Talent	Italian	3:53
3	Un Giorno Per Noi (A Time For Us)	Nino Rota Nino Rota Nino Rota was an Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti... , Larry Kusik Larry Kusik Larry Kusik is an award-winning lyricist.He is perhaps best known for writing the lyrics for the tune Speak Softly Love, the love theme from the 1972 film The Godfather, however he has also written lyrics to many other movie themes, including A Time for Us from the 1968 film version of Romeo and... , Edward Snyder Ted Snyder Theodore Frank Snyder , was a U.S. composer, lyricist, and music publisher . His hits include "The Sheik of Araby" and "Who's Sorry Now?" . In 1970, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame... , Alfredo Rapetti	produced, recorded, and mixed by Quiz and Larossi for XL Talent	Italian	3:39	"Un Giorno Per Noi" is Italian for "One Day For Us." From Romeo and Juliet (1968 film) Romeo and Juliet (1968 film) Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 British-Italian cinematic adaptation of the William Shakespeare play of the same name.The film was directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, and stars Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design; it was also... .
4	Il Canto	Romano Musumarra, Luca Barbarossa Luca Barbarossa Luca Barbarossa is an Italian singer-songwriter who has released 12 albums since 1981, and is known for his participation in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest.- Early career :...	produced, recorded, and mixed by Quiz and Larossi for XL Talent	Italian	3:29	"Il Canto" is Italian for "Singing."
5	Senza Luce (A Whiter Shade Of Pale A Whiter Shade of Pale "A Whiter Shade of Pale" is the debut song by the British band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967. The single reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 1967, and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached #5 on the US charts, as well... )	Gary Brooker Gary Brooker Gary Brooker, MBE, is an English singer, songwriter, pianist and founder of the rock band Procol Harum. Brooker was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours on 14 June 2003, in recognition of his charitable services.-Early life:Brooker was born in... , Keith Reid Keith Reid Keith Reid is a songwriter who wrote the lyrics of every Procol Harum song that is not a cover... , Matthew Fisher Matthew Fisher Matthew Fisher is an English organist and singer-songwriter, and was responsible for the organ sound on the 1967 single, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum.-Biography:...	produced, recorded, and mixed by Quiz and Larossi for XL Talent	Italian	3:51	"Senza Luce" is Italian for "Without Light."
6	Piano (Memory)	Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of... , T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn Trevor Nunn Sir Trevor Robert Nunn, CBE is an English theatre, film and television director. Nunn has been the Artistic Director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and, currently, the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He has directed musicals and dramas for the stage, as well as opera... , Roberto Ferri Roberto Ferri Roberto Ferri is an Italian artist and painter from Taranto, Italy. Deeply inspired by Baroque painters and other old masters of Romanticism, the Academy, and Symbolism.-Biography:...	produced, recorded, and mixed by Quiz and Larossi for XL Talent	Italian	4:12	From the musical Cats Cats (musical) Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot... .
7	Mamma (Mama Mama (Il Divo song) -Song information:Mama was the first original song ever released by Il Divo. It was released both as limited edition single and as a DVD. It is also included in the DVD Il Divo: Live at the Greek Theater.... )	Josef Larossi, Andreas Romdhane, Savan Kotecha Savan Kotecha Savan Kotecha is an American songwriter and vocal producer from Austin, Texas of Indian descent. Kotecha has sold over 60 million records with artists such as Usher, Enrique Iglesias, Carrie Underwood, Britney Spears, One Direction and Celine Dion... , Charlie Rapino	produced, recorded, and mixed by Quiz and Larossi for XL Talent	Italian	3:48	"Mamma" is Italian for "Mother."
8	Tristesse	Frédéric Chopin Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano".... , Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Ulf Janson, Henrik Janson	produced, recorded, and mixed by Quiz and Larossi for XL Talent	Italian	3:23
9	Bellamore	Matteo Saggese, Mino Vergnaghi	produced, recorded, and mixed by Quiz and Larossi for XL Talent	Italian	4:03	Original song written for Paul Potts.
10	E Lucevan Le Stelle E lucevan le stelle "E lucevan le stelle" is the romanza of Mario Cavaradossi , a painter in love with Tosca, in the third act of Puccini's opera Tosca, composed in 1900 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa...	Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire... , Giuseppe Giacosa Giuseppe Giacosa Giuseppe Giacosa was an Italian poet, playwright and librettist.He was born in Colleretto Parella, now Colleretto Giacosa, near Turin. His father was a magistrate. Giuseppe went to the University of Turin, studying in the University of Turin, Faculty of Law... , Luigi Illica Luigi Illica Luigi Illica was an Italian librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini , Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano, Baron Alberto Franchetti and other important Italian composers. His most famous opera librettos are those for La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Andrea Chénier.Illica was born at... , Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Ulf Janson, Henrik Janson	produced, recorded, and mixed by Quiz and Larossi for XL Talent	Italian	3:08	Aria from third act of opera Tosca Tosca Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900... . "E Lucevan Le Stelle" is Italian for "And The Stars Were Shining."

Charts

The album debuted at #1 in New Zealand

New Zealand

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 on 20 April 2009. It was certified Gold in its first week, selling over 7,500 copies. It debuted at #10 in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 (number one on the classical charts) on 5 May 2009. The album entered the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

 on 7 June 2009 at #5,

Album chart	Debut position	Peak position	Certification	Sales
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	5	5
Australia ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	9	7 (4 May 2009)
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	77	22
RIANZ New Zealand Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	1	1	Gold	7,500+
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	10	4
Swedish Albums Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	13	5	Gold	20,000
U.S. Billboard Top 200	33	33	-	+16,000