Viaggio Italiano is Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....

's third studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 and first classical album.

The album features some of the most popular opera arias and Neapolitan songs of all time, such as Nessun Dorma

Nessun dorma

Nessun dorma is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto , who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot...

, O Sole Mio and la Donna è Mobile

La donna è mobile

"La donna è mobile" is the cynical Duke of Mantua's canzone from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto . The inherent irony is that it is the callous playboy Duke himself who is mobile...

. Although released only in Italy in 1996, it sold close to 300,000 copies. Bocelli later received the ECHO Klassik "Best seller of the year" award for the album, after its international release, in 1997.

Track listing

1. "Nessun dorma
   Nessun dorma
   Nessun dorma is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, and is one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto , who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot...
   
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2. "Lamento di Federico"
3. "Ah, la paterna mano"
4. "la Donna è Mobile
   La donna è mobile
   "La donna è mobile" is the cynical Duke of Mantua's canzone from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto . The inherent irony is that it is the callous playboy Duke himself who is mobile...
   
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5. "Una furtiva lagrima
   Una furtiva lagrima
   Una furtiva lagrima is the romanza taken from Act II, Scene VIII of the Italian opera, L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti. It is sung by Nemorino when he finds that the love potion he bought to win his dream lady’s heart, Adina, works.Nemorino is in love with Adina, but she isn't interested in...
   
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6. "Panis angelicus
   Panis Angelicus
   Panis angelicus is the penultimate strophe of the hymn Sacris solemniis written by Saint Thomas Aquinas for the Feast of Corpus Christi as part of a complete liturgy of the Feast including prayers for the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours....
   
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7. "Ave Maria
   Ave Maria
   Ave Maria may refer to:*Ave Maria , the "Hail Mary", a traditional Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox prayer calling for the intercession of Mary, the mother of Jesus-Music:...
   
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8. "O Sole Mio"
9. "Core 'ngrato"
10. "Santa Lucia Luntana
    Santa Lucia Luntana
    "Santa Lucia Luntana" is a Neapolitan song written by E. A. Mario in 1919. It's title is sometimes written simply as "Santa Lucia," leading to confusion about the two songs. The song is very popular in the repertoire of many singers...
    
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11. "I te vurria vasa"
12. "Tu, ca nun Chiagne"
13. "Marenariello"
14. "Piscatore 'e pusilleco"
15. "Messaggio Bocelli"
16. "Adeste fideles
    Adeste Fideles
    "Adeste Fideles" is a hymn tune attributed to English hymnist John Francis Wade . The text itself has unclear beginnings, and may have been written in the 13th century by John of Reading, though it has been concluded that Wade was probably the author.The original four verses of the hymn were...
    
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