Bocelli has always wanted to sing opera and in this album, he tries to perform some heavier stuff. Unfortunately, his voice and style let him down. His voice doesn't possess adequate tone colour for the pieces and the sound he produces can even sound constricted at times. As a result, not only is he unable to express fully the meanings and emotions behind the pieces with his bland singing, on a purely vocal level, his performances can't even be termed beautiful, let alone inspirational, even when one is prepared to disregard all those electronic enhancement involved to beef up his voice artificially. Such performances just can't do the music any justice and, in some instances, are a downright misrepresentation of the works featured. Thoroughly disappointing!