The Metal Opera: Pt 1 & 2 – Gold Edition

The Metal Opera: Pt 1 & 2 – Gold Edition
Box set by
Avantasia
ReleasedMarch 6, 2008
Recorded2000–2001
GenreSymphonic metal, power metal
Length1:58:25 (each album lasts 59:12)
LabelAFM Records
ProducerTobias Sammet
Norman Meiritz
Avantasia chronology
The Scarecrow
(2008) 		The Metal Opera: Pt 1 & 2 – Gold Edition
(2008) 		The Wicked Symphony
(2010)

The Metal Opera: Pt 1 & 2 – Gold Edition is a box set by German band Avantasia, released through the band's former label AFM Records on March 6, 2008. The set contains Avantasia's first two albums (The Metal Opera and The Metal Opera Part II) on two gold CDs, a 44-page booklet with the storyline, rare photos, liner notes, and an interview with project mastermind Tobias Sammet; all inside a luxury leather box.

Track listing

CD 1

  1. Prelude
  2. Reach Out for the Light
  3. Serpents in Paradise
  4. Malleus Maleficarum
  5. Breaking Away
  6. Farewell
  7. The Glory of Rome
  8. In Nomine Patris
  9. Avantasia
  10. A New Dimension
  11. Inside
  12. Sign of the Cross
  13. The Tower
  14. Avantasia (bonus radio single)

CD 2

  1. The Seven Angels
  2. No Return
  3. The Looking Glass
  4. In Quest for
  5. The Final Sacrifice
  6. Neverland
  7. Anywhere
  8. Chalice of Agony
  9. Memory
  10. Into the Unknown
  11. Sign of the Cross (Live bonus track) – Audio
  12. Sign of the Cross (Live bonus track) – Video

Personnel (The Avantasians)