My Secret Passion: The Arias

My Secret Passion: The Arias
Studio album by Michael Bolton
Released	January 20, 1998
Recorded	Feb 20, 1997-Feb 24, 1997
Genre	Opera
Length	36:33
Label	Sony Classical
Producer	Grace Row and Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton chronology
All That Matters (1997) My Secret Passion: The Arias (1998) Timeless: The Classics Vol. 2 (1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

My Secret Passion: The Arias is an album by Michael Bolton. Accompaniment is by the Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Steven Mercurio. The album includes a duet with Renée Fleming.

Due to lack of substantial promotion the album peaked on the Billboard Top 200 at an extremely low #112, marking the end of the period of chart success for Bolton.

Track listing

1. "Pourquoi me réveiller?" from Werther by Jules Massenet
2. "Nessun dorma!" from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
3. "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti
4. "M'apparì" from Martha by Friedrich von Flotow
5. "Che gelida manina" from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
6. "'O soave fanciulla" from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini (Duet With Renée Fleming)
7. "Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
8. "E lucevan le stelle" from Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
9. "Recondita armonia" from Tosca by Giacomo Puccini
10. "È la solita storia" from L'arlesiana by Francesco Cilea
11. "Celeste Aïda" from Aïda by Giuseppe Verdi

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 90. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.