title: The Metal Opera: Pt 1 & 2 – Gold Edition
text: # The Metal Opera: Pt 1 & 2 – Gold Edition
  
  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
  
  * Prelude
  * Reach Out for the Light
  * Serpents in Paradise
  * Malleus Maleficarum
  * Breaking Away
  * Farewell
  * The Glory of Rome
  * In Nomine Patris
  * Avantasia
  * A New Dimension
  * Inside
  * Sign of the Cross
  * The Tower
  * Avantasia (bonus radio single)
  
  ### CD 2
  
  * The Seven Angels
  * No Return
  * The Looking Glass
  * In Quest for
  * The Final Sacrifice
  * Neverland
  * Anywhere
  * Chalice of Agony
  * Memory
  * Into the Unknown
  * Sign of the Cross (Live bonus track) – Audio
  * Sign of the Cross (Live bonus track) – Video
  
  ## Personnel (The Avantasians)
  
  * Tobias Sammet – (bass, keyboards, vocals)
  * Henjo Richter – (guitar)
  * Markus Grosskopf – (bass)
  * Alex Holzwarth – (drums)
  * Michael Kiske – (vocals)
  * Andre Matos – (vocals)
  * Bob Catley – (vocals)
  * Kai Hansen – (vocals)
  * David DeFeis – (vocals)
  * Rob Rock – (vocals)
  * Oliver Hartmann – (vocals)
  * Sharon den Adel – (vocals)
  * Ralf Zdiarstek – (vocals)
  * Timo Tolkki – (guitar, vocals)
  * Jens Ludwig – (guitar)
  * Norman Meiritz – (guitar)
  * Frank Tischer – (keyboards)
  