Opera Band | 
 enlarge | Creators: Georges Bizet, Antonin Dvorak, Edward Elgar, Antonio / Dettori, Giuseppe Galbiati, George Frederick Handel, Michael Kamen, Dru Masters, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mickey Newbury, Alex North, Giacomo Puccini, James Shearman, Amy Sky, John / Blaskey, Rick / Demitriou, Avraam Themis, John Francis Wade, Peter / Wolf, Michelle / Fornaciari, Zucchero Wolf, Nick Ingman, Prague Chamber Orchestra, The Budapest Film Orchestra, Nick Patrick
Label: RCA Victor
Category: Music
List Price: $44.99
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 159579
Format: Enhanced, Extra Tracks, Import, Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 828766486629
EAN: 0828766486629
ASIN: B00042YC3U
Release Date: September 27, 2004
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Condition: Brand New. Ships direct from Australia via Airmail. Please allow approx. 14 days for delivery. Please Note: Not all items from Australia are factory-sealed.
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| Tracks:
| • | Prayer in the Night (After Sarabande by George Frideric Handel) - Amici Forever, Shearman, James | | • | Senza Catene (Unchained Melody) - Amici Forever, North, Alex | | • | Canto Alla Vita - Amici Forever, Galbiati, Antonio | | • | Vita Mia - Amici Forever, Wolf, Peter | | • | Requiem for a Soldier (Theme from Band of Brothers) - Amici Forever, Kamen, Michael | | • | Whisper of Angels (After Pavane by Gabriel Faure0 - Amici Forever, Sky, Amy | | • | Au fond du temple saint - Amici Forever, | | • | Soave Sia Il Vento - Amici Forever, | | • | Lux Aeterna (After Nimrod from Enigma Variations) - Amici Forever, Elgar, Edward | | • | Song to the Moon - Amici Forever, | | • | Zadok the Priest - Amici Forever, Handel | | • | Nessun Dorma - Amici Forever, | | • | American Trilogy - Amici Forever, Newbury, Mickey | | • | Olympia: Eternal Flame - Amici Forever, Themis, Jon | | • | Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful) - Amici Forever, Wade, John Francis | | • | Jupiter (After Jupiter from the Planets by Gustav Holst) - Amici Forever, Masters, Dru |
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Album Description
Import exclusive pressing of 2004 debut album from the world's first 'opera band' features four bonus tracks, 'American Trilogy', 'Olympia Eternal Flame', 'Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful)', & 'Jupiter'. BMG.
Album Details
After Ten Years of Training and Performing in Opera Productions at Many of the World's Greatest Venues, Five Classiclly Trained Singers have Taken the Radical Step of Forming the First Ever Opera Band. To Celebrate the Quintet's Australian 2004 Tour, their Debut Album "The Opera Band" Will Be Re-released as a Very Special Double CD Tour Edition featuring Four Exclusive Bonus Tracks.
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| Customer Reviews:
 OK, just not what I thought April 26, 2007
Charles E. Garrett Jr. (Cusseta, GA United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was hooked on the genre by "East Village Opera Company", and this group has some similarities, but they're closer to traditional opera by vocal production style, so I didn't appreciate them quite as much. As with most opera singers, their technique is admirable, and it's the sort of thing you'd like, if you liked that sort of thing.
 Perfect singers March 30, 2006
Kim Chang Il (Chinhae, Kyungnam South Korea)
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
The first time ever I saw this group "Amici forever" as they were singing "Unchained melody", I have confused that song like classical music. Because, it was very familiar. Actually, I didn't know exactly what's that song that moment. Finally, I knew that song is popular music I used to sing. So, laughed myself.
It was brilliant and great performance I ever heared before.
I bought DVD, too. And I recommended my friend and he also felt their singing like me. He said great and thanks to me.
Amici going from strength to strength March 22, 2006
P. M. Smith (Isle of Wight UK)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
AMICI FOREVER ARE THE ORIGINAL OPERA BAND - all others are just 'pretenders to the title'.
I have just read the review by Bob - to clarify this Special Edition is the same as the original version with a couple of added extra tracks - hence Special Edition so there obviously is not much of a difference!!
Having said that, the extra tracks are beautiful, but Amici are best appreciated live on stage where you can really appreciate their individual styles, which then blend together.
If you want to hear different tracks then buy Defined there second Original Album and not a re-issue as is this Special Edition Opera Band.
There is now talk of a 3rd Album which I await in anticipation.
 A Real Disappointment March 19, 2006
Bob Forehead (Washington, DC)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
After really enjoying the Amici Forever album, I went shopping for another Amici album and found this one. There really is no comparison between the two. I've tried listening to it several times to see if I'm missing something, but somehow the selections and arrangements seem more appropriate for the Lawrence Welk generation than anyone interested in a spicy little opera troupe. I was very disappointed.
Opera Band September 1, 2005
C. Ho (Gig Harbor, WA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This CD is outstanding and I enjoy listening to it over and over. I even have one in the car and one in the house so I can have easy access to listening to this CD anytime.
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