The Opera Band
CD Album by Amici Forever
Released	January 13, 2004
Recorded	???
Genre	Classical
Length	47 min 46 sec
Record label	RCA
Producer	Nick Garrett, Nick Patrick, Matt Howe, Rick Blaskey & James Shearman
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Making of the album

The members of Amici Forever met when rehearsing and performing at opera venues around the world. Tenor Geoff Sewell, originally from New Zealand, came up with the idea of an "opera band" mixing traditional opera with contemporary pop. The band features two tenors, two soprano singers and a bass-baritone singer. In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice (although not as high as a countertenor). ... New Zealander and accomplished tenor, it was Geoff who first planted the seed of Amici forever. ... Look up Soprano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In music, a soprano is a singer with a voice ranging approximately from the A below middle C to high C two octaves above middle C (i. ... A bass-baritone is a singing voice that shares certain qualities of both the baritone and the bass. ...

Amici Forever signed with Arista Records and started playing high profile gigs such as the FA Cup final and the English rugby union final. Nick Patrick, who had produced albums by the Gipsy Kings, Tina Turner and Marvin Gaye produced the bands first album The Opera Band. The album mixes opera classics such as "Nessun Dorma" with pop standards such as "Unchained Melody" and "Requiem For A Soldier" from the Band of Brothers soundtrack. Arista Records was founded in 1975 by Clive Davis, and named after his secondary school honor society. ... The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ... Nick Patrick is a British actor, most famous for playing the part of SRO Julian JT Tavell, in the ITV Soap opera The Bill. ... The Gipsy Kings are a group from Arles and Montpellier in France. ... Tina Turner on the cover of her 1991 compilation album Simply the Best Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939 in Nutbush, now Brownsville, Tennessee) is a Black American R&B, pop, rock and soul singer, Buddhist and occasional actress. ... Marvin Gaye on the cover of his classic 1971 album Whats Going On Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. ... Poster for Band of Brothers. ...

Chart and critical success

It was released on January 13, 2004 and has reached number 74 in the Billboard 200 album charts in 2004 and reached the top 50 of the ARIA Australian album charts. The album has also reached number 2 on the Billboard Classical Crossover and Heatseeker charts and number one on the ARIA Australian classical album chart as well as top 5 in the UK classical charts. The album was nominated for "Album of the Year" at the Classical Brits to held at the Royal Albert Hall on May 26, 2004 and will be performing at the Awards. January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Billboard 200 is a listing of the 200 highest selling music albums in the United States, published weekly in Billboard magazine. ... Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences is an arts venue dedicated to Queen Victorias husband and consort, Prince Albert. ...

Track listing

1. "Prayer In The Night"
2. "Senza Catene (Unchained Melody)"
3. "Canto Alla Vita"
4. "Vita Mia"
5. "Requiem For A Soldier "
6. "Whisper Of Angels"
7. "The Pearl Fishers"
8. "Soave Sia Il Vento"
9. "Nimrod: Lux Aeterna"
10. "Song To The Moon"
11. "Zadok The Priest"
12. "Nessun Dorma"

External link

• Music Guide The Opera Band page