first version nightwish, with tarja, 25 yers ago ruclips.net/video/wbeQVzXvtok/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/_B90VnG6FR0/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/rNg2Dh6gPkw/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/wEERFBI9eCg/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/CwED4C5FJuo/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/4giSbC9BQLs/видео.html . I think you weren't even born then.
Tarja with Tuomas (keyboards) and Emppu (guitar) were founders of Nightwish. The operatic sound is why the entire genre came to be and had a place. Tarja is underrated.
@@Shifuede me too dude nightwish with floor now is different for me not my taste anymore although floor is such a powerful vocalist but this one is more of a nightwish performance don't get me wrong.
@@johnnatzky8234 this is true Nightwish in all its glory. Hearing this girl talking about Flor as if she was the original and Tarja some unknown weird singer made me face-palm a little but ok, is a generation issue nobodies fault 🙂
@@Un4Given71 considering they were caught in lies about both woman and tried to bury both their careers, their word doesn't stand for much. Heck this concert here contradicts their biggest thing about saying she always wanted to cancel concerts for no reason. She sang this concert with a flu and throat infection and could speak during morning rehearsals. The big issue was she married someone not named Tuomas. She married the guy that saved her when she was attacked at the Guadalajara concert. Same guy that consoled her when she was crying in a heap after the show, while the band left her. Jukka and Sami both have mentioned it. Then of course giving her the letter, telling her not to open it till the next day so they could get their story out first. They did the same with Annette, firing her, but telling everyone she quit. All the while she was sick in the hospital and pregnant.
@@Un4Given71 I went with what showed out to be true. Everything I talked about ended up as a fact. Thus I mentioned Jukka and Sami admitting to a part I mentioned. Heck Marko has even talked about making mistakes early with running the previous singers ragged.
Tarja Turunen is an incredible singer. Actually she has a really successful solo career. In the begginning the magic of Nightwish was to combined this operatic voice with metal and classical music
Fully agreed! I'd prefer the live shows from Wembly and Tampere, respectively. Marko has a beautiful voice. When Tarja had left and the band had agreed to go on, Marko was at first supposed to do much more lead singing, these 2 songs were intentionally written for him. Then in 2007 Swedish singer Anette was attracted, for backing and some lead vocals. She was a fine singer, but the full epic sound that Tuomas had begun developing was quite much for her. Nightwish did some tours and albums with her. Then, during a world tour in 2012, Anette became il and she was pregnant. Then, in only 48 hours, Floor was hired to replace her and continue the tour. The rest is history...
Different eras between Tarja, Annette and Floor. I do have my favorite, but they are all very talented. Tarja in my opinion deserves a lot of credit because she was the original and entered this music genre when Symphonic Metal was not really a thing, so favorite or not, she is a great singer and deserves a lot of recognition
She is my favorite by a mile or two. I just like her presence in the stage. Flor is great but doesn't have that extra magnetism and charisma that Tarja has.
i know its not completely true, but for me symphonic metal began with Nightwish. I don't remember any band shining in this specific genre before (but maybe thats just because i was 20 at the time nightwish started.). Nightwish, then came Within Temptation, and then lots of other mixed in the symphonic metal, gothic metal, prog metal genres.
A perfectly fitting song for Tarja would be "Walking in the Air". If you decide to put this one on your agenda, go for the version with the crowd cheering while the camera shows the members in the changing room.
This is the first Nightwish song I ever heard. It will always be special to me. Many opera singers/vocal coaches/reactors are more amazed with Marko's singing in this performance than Tarja. I was just impressed with every aspect of the band. Still am. Good reaction!!
That was Tarja, she was the one who made Nightwish really special in the beginning and more or less created a new genre with the whole symphonic metal with female singer with operatic voices. For more with here, i always was a fan of the "From wishes to Eternity" concert from 2000 since i first saw it back then. Check out for example : 🎼 Nightwish - Swanheart - From Wishes To Eternity 🎶 Remastered HD 🎶 ruclips.net/video/0sc-VNppXhs/видео.html 🎼 Nightwish - Deep Silent Complete - From Wishes To Eternity 🎶 Remastered HD 🎶 ruclips.net/video/3wKrT2KFEdM/видео.html 🎼 Nightwish - Walking in the Air - From Wishes To Eternity 🎶 Remastered HD 🎶 ruclips.net/video/2ULOG0BmUJM/видео.html These are also all songs Floor has never sung till today (as far as i know) so there is also no need to compare here who is better or whatever. Just enjoy 😀🤘🏼
Yes, that's the original singer, Tarja (Floor is the third). Note that it's not just dress and microphone that is color matching, the mic-stand is also color-matched! Tarja was known for often changing dress a few times during performances and often matching mic & mic-stand to the dress but they went the extra mile here for the final concert of the tour and in front of their home crowd! IIRC she used 5-7 different dresses and 4-5 microphones and mic-stands, the full concert is available so if someone cares they can check. There had been rumors that Tarja wanted to take a pause (IIRC for further study, meaning at least 1-2 years), this is another reason why you're seeing some of the crowd crying. Instead it was her last performance with Nightwish, everyone else on the stage knows except Tarja! There's lots of discussions about what role (if any) Tarja's husband played in that (he had become her manager a while earlier) and whether money was involved, I'm not going to touch that part.
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Great that you get to see another aspect of Nightwish. Ever since they blew up on RUclips through reactions it only has been the version with floor, which she’s great, but you cannot ignore the whole beast of an album that is oceanborn and wishmaster, truly underrated
I'm one of those NIGHTWISH fans who loved Tarja as the lead singer for so many years and so many albums. Annette and Floor were great replacement singers but my favorite memories of listening to them were always with TARJA. Many people were introduced to NIGHTWISH with Floor, wish is kinda sad, cause they are not seeing/hearing their amazing original sound for over a decade. It's like trying coca cola with cherry flavor or lime flavor before trying the original Cola cola classic! The other flavors are cool to try but their can't beat the original! But I love all the singers, I justvlove Tarja way way more lol Keep smiling 🤘 🙂
That's my policy. I pick out songs from each I think they own. To me Nemo and Phantom and Walking in the Air are Tarja, Meadows of Heaven and Storytime are Annette, Ghost Love Score and How's the Heart are Floor.
Welcome to the original singer and co-founder of Nightwish, Tarja Turunen. So glad you are checking out older Nightwish as well as Floor era. you have yet another singer to hear and that is Anette, keep the great reactions coming :)
Tarja sings with a more operatic style in Nightwish (symphonic metal) but in her solo career she still sings some songs but more with chest voice. she has grown a lot artistically. More Tarja please!
It's a superb performance by Marco, I think it's the single best performance he has ever done during his Nightwish years. About Tarja, she was the lead vocalist they started with in 1996, she was not with the band anymore after this gig in 2005, somewhat fittingly called "End of an Era." From the songs you've reacted to so far, Ghost Love Score was released in the album Once in 2004 so it was originally composed for her to sing with her dark, operatic voice. Several of the songs that are very well loved up to this day as versions sung by Floor originally came from the Tarja era. In addition to GLS these would include songs such as Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean, Dead Boy's Poem, Ever Dream, Bless the Child, Dark Chest of Wonders, Wish I Had an Angel, Nemo, and many others... Old Nightwish songs have a different flavor compared to the latest stuff, but the common thread is that they've always produced very good music that one can listen to for years upon years.
This was Nightwish's first singer Tarja Turunen - who was fired very publicly (really no person should be fired publicly like that). The result of HOW she was fired led to a HUGE backlash against Tuomas (the keyboard player and main band member who writes the music). This led to a deep depression, ultimately leading him to write the song "The Poet and the Pendulum" - a very emotional song. Floor gives it great justice, but it is hard to listen to every time. Tarja was an excellent singer (well, is an excellent singer - solo artist now). There are several songs that only she performed. Several songs that Floor performs are really only ones she could do because she can draw heavy deep breaths. Tarja came to the band before it was a metal band, and the switch is very ironic. They were a folk band, she was an classical/opera style singer and the band became symphonic metal. It has turned out to be something inspiring other people. The first stage performer of "Christine" using the music we hear today of "Phantom of the Opera" is Sarah Brightman in Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical. She was married to him at the time. She had a great voice, but some like others. One has to keep a couple of things in mind: 1) "Phantom of the Opera" isn't now/never was an opera. It's a musical. As such, it never required a high tone soprano. Originally Brightman sang with Michael Crawford - whose voice was at times higher than Brightman's, however Brightman reached high notes at the end for drama. You should listen to it here: ruclips.net/video/ipsZhMjCc-A/видео.html - but after hearing the song sung by Tarja and Floor it's hard to compare. You have to understand the context in the performance - The "phantom" had another agenda and when "Christine" reached the high note in the song, the "phantom" was killing her boyfriend with a chandelier. Definitely watch the entire musical with Brightman or Sierra Boggess to get the best view. There are a fabulous array of songs in this musical.
@@bathory4367 I respectfully disagree. I think that she just has a different style. I also think that this different style doesn't seems like Nightwish.
This concert in 2006 was the last one recorded with Tarja. Also watch the cover they did of Pink Floyd, the song High Hopes, with the vocal of Marko, the bass guitar guy. Greetings from Brazil! You are beautiful and nice... We luv u!!!!!!
This was Tarja Turunen, the first lead singer and founding member of the band. This was her last show with the band, October 21, 2005, in Helsinki. You reacted to The Poet and The Pendulum. That song was all about the anguish Tuomas went through related to the breakup with Tarja.
this is from 2005 with 1st singer Tarja, this was her last show with Nightwish she was given the open letter stating why they fired her when this show was over
I'm a huge fan of Nightwish. All 3 of their singers have a unique voice and they are completly different. Tarja Turunen (-2007), the singer of this video, sound much more opera like then the other two. Annette (-2010 or 2011) the 2nd singer has much more metal like voice though she is very good. But Floor (officially joined in 2013 but was present before), the 3rd and actual singer, she can do all the stuff from growling metal voice to opera, all very very good. But you are even as good I like the expresion in your face when somting happens you don't expect. This is quiet as good as the singing and the music of Nightwish. Love it.
🚌 Saw them in Seattle playing a venue smaller than their tour bus 🚌 I think they were surprised 😶 Tarja was pleased with the performance, did a sorta clenched fist "YES" when they'd finished ✊🏻 got the sense she's got a standard to meet - even in such a tiny venue. Respect that 🙌🏻 😱 Was shocked when she left NightWish 😱 Kinda lost interest after that... 🤷🏻♂️
All hale the REAL TRUE QUEEN 👑 of NIGHTWISH and of ALL FEMALE SYMPHONIC METAL SINGERS!!!!!!!!, the very beautiful looking and very unique voice of the enchanting TARJA!!!!!!!!!!😀👍👍👍👍👍👍🤘
ill forgive you for not knowing tarja, go read about her, she was original and imo best singer of this band, nothing taking away from floor but tarja was THE NIGHTWISH this was last concert of her and band together, band sent her letter that she was out before concert but she seen it just after it, so this was pure last night of one of best bands in 00s, most teen grew up with this band .
The man at the Keyboards ist Tuomas Holopainen, the Mastermind of Nightwish. He composes this Musik a la Nightwish. With Tarja Turunen and her operatic education Nightwish rises up to the (!) Symphonic Metal Band of the world.
I admire the three singers. I like the songs Anette performed, i like Floor's, and i personally love Tarja's. But there's something about old Nightwish that i feel attracted to besides Tarja's vocals. The music was different. Simpler, but complex at the same time. It felt magical... I don't know.
This is a very old story about a musical genius ghost "the phantom" that haunted an opera house and falls in love with an opera singer and controls her to sing through her Tarja was/is amazing :) The original was by Sarah Brightman.. I think the version that she sings with Antonio Banderas is amazing too, very theatrical and the organ music is just so haunting
nightwish have always being very lucky that they musician have always being very talented people. no weak links. thanx to great reaction and have wonderful day.
Tarja does indeed tend to use operatic style most of the time while Floor varies it a lot. Thought that could also have been a preference of Tuomas (the keyboard player) who is also responsible for most of their compositions and arrangements. Note you also have seen two different drummers. In this video and on Ghost Love Score the drummer is Jukka on the Greatest Show on Earth and Poet and the Pendulum it was Kai.
It was Tuomas’s preference that she stay doing the operatic vocals, that was part of the reason he and Tarja had problems. She wanted to branch out and try other styles, he wasn’t about it.
BAsically speaking with Tarja they became famous this is what ppl think is Nightwish and then came interesting times and now with Floor it's different but still Nightwish but with a singer who incorporates more different styles than what Tarja did. But her operatic style in the beginning made it unique and popular so ...
This concert was from 2005. The operatic-style vocals of Tarja Turunen defined the sound of Nightwish for their first five or six albums (I'm still slightly confused about whether some of the Nightwish CDs I have were albums or EPs.) I have seen only one good answer to the question of who's the best Nightwish singer : Marko.
This is Tarja, the first vocalist for Nightwish. She sang this operatic style pretty much all the time. The second singer, Anette, was a pop/rock singer and she struggled with some of the older Tarja-era songs. Floor can do it all. All three were/are great in their own way, but for me Floor is the most versatile. For more of Marko (bass player) singing lead…listen to While Your Lips Are Still Red live at Wembley , or The Islander live at Tampere. You’ll be surprised all over again. The guy playing keyboards is Tuomas, the leader of the band who writes most of the music and lyrics.
Tarja Turunen has been an inspiration for many female Metal singers.🧛♂ You remind me a bit of Vampy Witch here on RUclips but you are of course Bisscute, The eyes and the accent maybe 🎶 And Nightwish has been trough it's own troubles along the way. And Jack Sparrow for the win ! And you can enjoy both Tarja and Floor, they did an Instagram chat in december 2020. It is on RUclips.✔
Tarja Turunen (prononce "Taria") She's the original lead singer of the band and performer on all "older" albums before Dark Passion Play album (with Annette Olzon)
Yes, she is not Floor, she is Tarja Turunen, the first and co-founder lead vocalist. This video is from the "Tarja Era" but always and forever Nightwish and never compare all 3 singers, each of them marked a specific period in the history of the group. BTW new subscriber here ;-)
No, you just heard one of the most operatic songs Nightwish has. But there's many levels and styles of classical vocals she sings: it's not all operatic. She also sings contemporary style, breathy vocals (I suppose that could be called falsetto) and most often mixing classical and contemporary styles in the songs. Like here, "Kun joulu on" ruclips.net/video/8uU0PaDAm0Y/видео.html quite contemporary vocals, "Feliz Navidad" ruclips.net/video/Afjgsb_GAxo/видео.html very much contemporary, although at times slight classical quality too. For her two last albums they infact changed her singing style for many songs, to more contemporary style, away from bel canto style. If one listens "Sleeping Sun" both music videos, one can hear clear style change in singing: they rearranged the song for new vocals in 2005, and also made new music video for it.
I love Floor Jansen from her After Forever days and she's honestly the best replacement for Tarja. However, Tarja-era Nightwish was the peak as far as songs go. Most of the songs that reaction channels experience were from that era.
Tarja is a gift to music. She, Sharon den Adel and Sabine Edelsbacher more or less created symphonic metal sound. Marko is a one of a kind magnificent vocalist and this duet ranks as one of the best of all time in any style. Andrew Lloyd Webber said THIS was his favorite version of his own song. The only duet more intense that I know is Lara Fabian and Johnny Halliday "Requiem pour un fou", watch the live Paris in the rain version. It's the most metal thing you will see that isn't metal.
Tarja's only gotten better after leaving Nightwish. But she will always deserve credit for putting this band on the map. She has some kind of unique haunting note that is so memorable.
Tarja Turunen is one of the original founder of Nightwish. Tuomas Holopainen fired her for personal issues, and they hired Anette Olzon, and after that Floor Jansen.
Hey there! Tarja and Nightwish huge, long-time fan/addict here! lol. I just came across your channel and I'm very much enjoying your reactions, you've got a new subscriber right here and thumbs up! Well, this is Tarja Turunen, the first NW vocalist and co-fouder of the band, she is a classically trained soprano and very talented as you see, and was their lead singer from 1996 to 2005; I guess by now you already know quite a few things on the NW lore and history, so I'll just skip that part. lol BTW did you know Tarja was sick with a severe throat infection during this concert (called End of an Era, her last one with NW)? She didn't even know if she'd be able to sing that night, yet she did it marvellously! So if this is not the best she can do, just you imagine how damn incredible she is at her best!😍Remember this everytime you react to this concert (which I hope you do soon lol) Anyhow, thank you for this reaction, Ioved it and appreciated what you respectfully pointed out! Don't worry, I don't think you hurt anyone's feelings ahaha, and I say this being not only a huge NW fan but also a hardcore Tarja fan (or Tarjaholic, as some would call us ahaha). I mean, even though I think she's very unique and brought NW to a whole new level combining her stunning dark, absolutely beautiful and powerful operatic vocals (her timbre I must say is rare and uncommon even into the classical music universe) with Tuomas' genius, I love, respect, support and appreciate all their singers as the equally great, amazingly talented artists they undoubtedly are in their own different ways and rights (that's a fact only the blind don't see, all else is just a matter of personal taste and preference imo), for each of them brought special and individual elements to the band that helped them grow, mature and develop their artistic identity. I enjoy NW's music from all eras with all three lead singers they had because they're an incredible band, an epic, extraordinary, legendary group that through their Music have created a magnificent otherworldly realm!!! Pure magic! As a fan, I strongly believe we are blessed to have witnessed three amazing talented ladies fronting NW and should just enjoy the gift the whole band deliver us with their timeless Art, and I think we should be grateful and feel honored for that, regardless of our personal preferences. Anyway, you're right, 'twould be unfair to compare Tarja and Floor, both ladies are amazing, insanely talented and equally good in their own ways and rights, just very different and everyone is entitled to have their own personal preferences; besides they're long-time friends and very supportive of each other. And you're actually right in some extent, at that point in time (Tarja was still at her 20s btw) they were more "operatic" symphonic metal much due to Tarja's classical singing style with a very unique, distinctly dark quality to her voice - she was actually the reason why they became a heavy metal band in the first place. It's important to ackowledge a few things though: NW's style had no precedents back then, they are pioneers in this field, building the pathway of the symphonic metal, so all of them, including Tarja, were still discovering and experimenting on their own what could musically be done, and Tarja set the tone in the genre inspiring many other symphonic metal bands and singers who came after and already had a starting point with NW. Also there was some kind of agreement between Tuomas and the other members that they wanted to fully explore this specific dark "operatic" quality of her voice and even a more mystic distant presence (in her solo career she's much more energetic on stage, much more herself) to see where they could go with it, and this only for their first 3 albums (during which she was actually in the middle of her classical singing studies), after that he gave her more freedom to explore a wider scope of her vocal colours, which while with NW she only began to do before she was fired, but just through her long, vast succesful solo career she could really improve other tecniques. So yes, Tarja is much more versatile now at her 40s than she was at her 20s, and while her classical singing tecnique is still her biggest strength imo, she can do many other things with her voice using that very tecnique, and not in a mainstream, stereotyped way. Should you wish to see how she was starting to experiment with her voice in her final times with NW, I recommend you to react to "The Siren" ( ruclips.net/video/LUy8T_3kieI/видео.html ) where you get to hear different layers of her singing she rarely used while with them, apart from her ramarkable dark operatic vocals she also gives us a soft, drawing, mystic almost ethereal voice, and a moment in which she sings in a sort of arabic/gypsy chanting style, all in one song, beautiful; and to "Slaying the Dreamer" ( ruclips.net/video/tFSqaLKXzwY/видео.html ) where there're moments when she uses a sort of belting, plus she headbangs really hard, it's awesome 🤘. All this brings me to another subject... I noticed you didn't react to Tarja's solo stuff just yet. I'd like to encourage you to do so (apart from continuing your NW reactions), for she's been on the road solo for a long time (since 2006) with a very successful career that deserves more attention, her work is different from anything you've seen, creative and overall mindblowing, and is full precious gems for you to find out! Plus 'tis inspiring how she's constantly improving herself as an artist and a person. Thus I hope you're taking suggestions from the comment sections, for I have plenty lol. Tarja's Music is another epic, life-changing journey, as much as NW's. So I'd love to see you reacting to her (she's been doing a beautiful work), because since she started her solo career she's finally free to be fully herself, you know, without the "shackles"... and definitely is much happier, ever growing and maturing vocally and artistically through the years; she is simply a fantastic, hard working, super talented and phenomenal artist (who's sometimes a bit underrated by some unfortunately), a remarkably beautiful soul too! She's such an amazing artist, so creative and expressive, she plays the piano (since she was 6 actually), and became a noteworthy songwriter/composer as well (yes, most of her songs are written and composed by herself), and I love her stage presence and energy too, she owns the stage. She's truly one of a kind! I got to see her live once a few years ago and man!, what a mesmerizing voice and presence! She draws in every person in the audience always, and controls the crowd without having to say a word, almost like a spell, like she's always connected in an almost spiritual level, we feel that and she does too, and knows how to use it! The videos can capture a glimpse of that power, but seeing her live... Wow, it's an entirely different experience! I think she's much more energetic on stage now in her solo career than when with NW🤘❤, yet she managed to keep that same majestic aura and otherworldly presence! And at the same time with a distinctly dramatic expression and deep, emotional human renditions! Therefore imo, one cannot hope to truly know Tarja as an artist without diving into her stunning solo work too. I love her, she's such an inspiration to me, her voice and renditions give me deep, spiritually magical Eargasms💘A-hem... Sorry about that😜. Anyway, her solo musical rock/metal style (apart from her classical music and xtmas concerts, and other "out of the box" side projects of hers) is very unique and not easily defined, though it still has plenty of the symphonic metal elements as guidelines such as some kinds of guitar riffs, epic orchestral arrangements, dramatic "ingredients" and her remarkably dark, powerful classical vocals (though now she mixes a bit her classical singing tecnique with a few more "contemporary" sounds and her chest voice in a very singular way). Her solo work is exquisite and much more versatile, she incorporates and merges aspects of different stilistic elements, and is always experimenting new things in her music without any fear of exploring the unusual, so you never really know what to expect or what she'll do next, AND I find it magnificent, thrilling!!! Plus I love the fact that she just walked her own path and found her "artist self", never trying to recreate her old days with NW, and I absolutely LOVE the results of her choices, I hope you like it too. So, back to the list in the next comment 😆(I tried to make a selection as short as I could, really difficult to choose from her vast, outstanding repertoire lol, but there's so much more to explore as you go):
1. ruclips.net/video/6T-Wyw9lYyM/видео.html . Song "In for a kill". Album "What lies Beneath" (2010). Performance from her 2012 first live-album "Act I". Bombastic! Hear the lion within her roar!🤘 2. ruclips.net/video/K3QmQN7VSNI/видео.html . This is also from Act I, a kind of mixed version of two of her ballad songs ("Oasis" and "The archive of lost dreams"). Here she sings while playing a grand piano, showing some dramatic nuances of her expression and voice, kind of "gothic vibes". She delivers such a touching, emotional performance! It brings tears to my eyes! It's sort of a "forgotten" treasure!😍 3. ruclips.net/video/jxqodwLVdcU/видео.html . "Love to Hate", this song is part of her 2016 album "The Shadow Self" and the performance recorded in 2018 for her live-album Act II, at London's Metropolis Studio, a more intimate set, which makes it even more special. Outstanding, breathtaking performance, one of my favorites! 4. ruclips.net/video/tv4XWkTWQ0M/видео.html . "Undertaker", also live for Act II, and another track from "The Shadow Self". So epic and Incredible! You'll love this one, her energy is amazing and the song is epic! 5. ruclips.net/video/UGkbQj8e6JI/видео.html . "Crimson Deep", also from "What lies Beneath" and performance, from Act I too. It gives me chills, I just love it! 6. ruclips.net/video/TGjkjNXYBWI/видео.html . "Dead Promises", live at Masters of Rock 2019, and the song is from her 2019 album "In the Raw". Freaking awesome! 🤘 7. ruclips.net/video/CpxA5JTT5Ec/видео.html . "Shadow Play", also from her "In the Raw". Link to the studio version for the epic choir and orchestra, but there is an outstanding live performance at Circus Life where she plays piano too, worth checking out as well.💘🤘 8. ruclips.net/video/Lq-genEQNLA/видео.html . "Innocence", from "The Shadow Self" and live at 'Circus Life' in Bucharest, in 2022. Fantastic live version, no backtrack recordings or anything like that, everything literally live! Beautiful!! Worth checking out as well is the official video clip for context! 9. ruclips.net/video/R_CQNdPbkzM/видео.html . That's a double >.
"Hello, My name is Bisscute and I really am this cute..." ;) Here's a version performed by the original Broadway performers, Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford. It's a bit of a mashup, but all I could find with original singers. Sarah Brightman has recorded this song with several other guys, all very excellent singers. But Marco's interpretation of the Phantom is my favorite.
Nice reaction. If you want to hear another great example of Marco's voice you should watch Nightwish do "High Hopes" from this same concert. It's amazing!
If you want to check out my other videos from Nightwish you can find them here: ruclips.net/p/PLuzXo6kxCkw-u-8z-Yz7UnMkHBN5LJmyW
first version nightwish, with tarja, 25 yers ago ruclips.net/video/wbeQVzXvtok/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/_B90VnG6FR0/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/rNg2Dh6gPkw/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/wEERFBI9eCg/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/CwED4C5FJuo/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/4giSbC9BQLs/видео.html . I think you weren't even born then.
Loviu! Reaction please, Floor Jansen & Henk Poort - Phantom Of The Opera | Beste Zangers 2019
check out the Reunion! marko and tarja come back and sing this again but marko's a lot older
Tarja with Tuomas (keyboards) and Emppu (guitar) were founders of Nightwish. The operatic sound is why the entire genre came to be and had a place. Tarja is underrated.
She is the first and original lead vocalist, Tarja Turunen. She was with the band from 1996-2005. This concert was her last
This is the Nightwish I discovered and loved.
@@Shifuede me too dude nightwish with floor now is different for me not my taste anymore although floor is such a powerful vocalist but this one is more of a nightwish performance don't get me wrong.
@@johnnatzky8234 this is true Nightwish in all its glory. Hearing this girl talking about Flor as if she was the original and Tarja some unknown weird singer made me face-palm a little but ok, is a generation issue nobodies fault 🙂
Nightwish, old or new, one thing is always true: They never, ever, disappoint.
How they treated this woman and Annette was very much a disappointment
@@coachmikesfilmroom3111 , was the way Tarja treated the band any better?
@@Un4Given71 considering they were caught in lies about both woman and tried to bury both their careers, their word doesn't stand for much. Heck this concert here contradicts their biggest thing about saying she always wanted to cancel concerts for no reason. She sang this concert with a flu and throat infection and could speak during morning rehearsals.
The big issue was she married someone not named Tuomas. She married the guy that saved her when she was attacked at the Guadalajara concert. Same guy that consoled her when she was crying in a heap after the show, while the band left her. Jukka and Sami both have mentioned it.
Then of course giving her the letter, telling her not to open it till the next day so they could get their story out first.
They did the same with Annette, firing her, but telling everyone she quit. All the while she was sick in the hospital and pregnant.
@@coachmikesfilmroom3111, well. It's obvious which side you chose to believe at least.
@@Un4Given71 I went with what showed out to be true. Everything I talked about ended up as a fact. Thus I mentioned Jukka and Sami admitting to a part I mentioned. Heck Marko has even talked about making mistakes early with running the previous singers ragged.
Their voices together, Marco and Tarja, perfection.
Tarja Turunen is an incredible singer. Actually she has a really successful solo career. In the begginning the magic of Nightwish was to combined this operatic voice with metal and classical music
the guy on the keyboard is Tuomas Holopainen. He is the bandleader of nightwish and he compose and arrange 95% of the music
If you like Markos's vocals check out "while your lips are still red" and "the islander"
First of all, listen to High Hopes cover by Nightwish
Fully agreed! I'd prefer the live shows from Wembly and Tampere, respectively. Marko has a beautiful voice. When Tarja had left and the band had agreed to go on, Marko was at first supposed to do much more lead singing, these 2 songs were intentionally written for him. Then in 2007 Swedish singer Anette was attracted, for backing and some lead vocals. She was a fine singer, but the full epic sound that Tuomas had begun developing was quite much for her. Nightwish did some tours and albums with her. Then, during a world tour in 2012, Anette became il and she was pregnant. Then, in only 48 hours, Floor was hired to replace her and continue the tour. The rest is history...
Tuonela, from Therions new album "Leviathan" also has Marko on it.
Agree !!! Both songs let Marko shine 🤘🇫🇮👏
Also check out Marco's band Tarot. He started it with his brother, and really showcases his singing talent especially on their newer albums.
This is Tarja Turunen, the OG singer of Nightwish and the reason why there is a thing called "Symphonic Metal"...
Back in 2005. The original line up. The operatic sound cant be replace. Nothing can match Tarja. ❤️❤️❤️
Tarja
Check out “The Siren” either from this same show or Lowlands 2005 to hear Tarja and Marko deliver some more Excellence. 👌
She is the original and the GREATEST! ❤❤❤
Different eras between Tarja, Annette and Floor. I do have my favorite, but they are all very talented. Tarja in my opinion deserves a lot of credit because she was the original and entered this music genre when Symphonic Metal was not really a thing, so favorite or not, she is a great singer and deserves a lot of recognition
Yeah!
She is my favorite by a mile or two. I just like her presence in the stage. Flor is great but doesn't have that extra magnetism and charisma that Tarja has.
i know its not completely true, but for me symphonic metal began with Nightwish. I don't remember any band shining in this specific genre before (but maybe thats just because i was 20 at the time nightwish started.). Nightwish, then came Within Temptation, and then lots of other mixed in the symphonic metal, gothic metal, prog metal genres.
A perfectly fitting song for Tarja would be "Walking in the Air". If you decide to put this one on your agenda, go for the version with the crowd cheering while the camera shows the members in the changing room.
This is the first Nightwish song I ever heard. It will always be special to me. Many opera singers/vocal coaches/reactors are more amazed with Marko's singing in this performance than Tarja. I was just impressed with every aspect of the band. Still am. Good reaction!!
Этот концерт смотрится на одном дыхании!!! Весь!!! Тария в Nightwish - это года ностальгии и самых ярких огненных дней в моей жизни. 🤘🤘🤘👍👍👍
That was Tarja, she was the one who made Nightwish really special in the beginning and more or less created a new genre with the whole symphonic metal with female singer with operatic voices.
For more with here, i always was a fan of the "From wishes to Eternity" concert from 2000 since i first saw it back then. Check out for example :
🎼 Nightwish - Swanheart - From Wishes To Eternity 🎶 Remastered HD 🎶
ruclips.net/video/0sc-VNppXhs/видео.html
🎼 Nightwish - Deep Silent Complete - From Wishes To Eternity 🎶 Remastered HD 🎶
ruclips.net/video/3wKrT2KFEdM/видео.html
🎼 Nightwish - Walking in the Air - From Wishes To Eternity 🎶 Remastered HD 🎶
ruclips.net/video/2ULOG0BmUJM/видео.html
These are also all songs Floor has never sung till today (as far as i know) so there is also no need to compare here who is better or whatever. Just enjoy 😀🤘🏼
Yes, that's the original singer, Tarja (Floor is the third).
Note that it's not just dress and microphone that is color matching, the mic-stand is also color-matched!
Tarja was known for often changing dress a few times during performances and often matching mic & mic-stand to the dress but they went the extra mile here for the final concert of the tour and in front of their home crowd! IIRC she used 5-7 different dresses and 4-5 microphones and mic-stands, the full concert is available so if someone cares they can check.
There had been rumors that Tarja wanted to take a pause (IIRC for further study, meaning at least 1-2 years), this is another reason why you're seeing some of the crowd crying.
Instead it was her last performance with Nightwish, everyone else on the stage knows except Tarja!
There's lots of discussions about what role (if any) Tarja's husband played in that (he had become her manager a while earlier) and whether money was involved, I'm not going to touch that part.
Queen of symphonic metal.. Tarja Turunen ❤
This was an Epic performance by Tarja and Nightwish
Tuomas the keyboard player is the maestro behind all their music
Nice way to discover Tarja, without expecting it :)
Thank you for watching the video, It means a lot to me .
I will leave this pinned message here to REMIND everyone that i do not have TELEGRAM and there is no GIVEAWAY. Those you see are bot scams . Keep yourself safe and know that I would not ask for your info. ❤ ❤
Hey this is Tarja, the first singer. Great voice. Many songs worked through the combination of symphonic metal and her voice.
Great that you get to see another aspect of Nightwish. Ever since they blew up on RUclips through reactions it only has been the version with floor, which she’s great, but you cannot ignore the whole beast of an album that is oceanborn and wishmaster, truly underrated
Thankyou for some TARJAWISH !!!!
In love with her vast brilliant diverse solo career
9 solo 5 live albums and much more !!!!
☮☮💘💘
Yes, here is Tarja, the original singer of the band (until 2006)
I'm one of those NIGHTWISH fans who loved Tarja as the lead singer for so many years and so many albums. Annette and Floor were great replacement singers but my favorite memories of listening to them were always with TARJA.
Many people were introduced to NIGHTWISH with Floor, wish is kinda sad, cause they are not seeing/hearing their amazing original sound for over a decade.
It's like trying coca cola with cherry flavor or lime flavor before trying the original Cola cola classic! The other flavors are cool to try but their can't beat the original!
But I love all the singers, I justvlove Tarja way way more lol
Keep smiling 🤘 🙂
Good idea. Never compare Tarja, Floor and Annette. All three have their era. All three are Nightwish. ;D
That's my policy. I pick out songs from each I think they own. To me Nemo and Phantom and Walking in the Air are Tarja, Meadows of Heaven and Storytime are Annette, Ghost Love Score and How's the Heart are Floor.
@@crhu319 I feel like Tarja owns Sleeping Sun also. Floor does a decent rendition, but Tarja adds something unique to that song.
@@alstlew I feel like you about Sleeping Sun, but with Stargazers it's just the other way round.
annette is not in same league.... dont even mention her between dark witch of the night tarja and viking valkyrie floor....
@@NostalgicMem0ries You compare 😂😂😂
She is the QUEEN.
Right? ❤
Welcome to the original singer and co-founder of Nightwish, Tarja Turunen. So glad you are checking out older Nightwish as well as Floor era. you have yet another singer to hear and that is Anette, keep the great reactions coming :)
This whole show was good :-) And her Ghost Love Score too ^^
Tarja sings with a more operatic style in Nightwish (symphonic metal) but in her solo career she still sings some songs but more with chest voice. she has grown a lot artistically. More Tarja please!
It's a superb performance by Marco, I think it's the single best performance he has ever done during his Nightwish years. About Tarja, she was the lead vocalist they started with in 1996, she was not with the band anymore after this gig in 2005, somewhat fittingly called "End of an Era." From the songs you've reacted to so far, Ghost Love Score was released in the album Once in 2004 so it was originally composed for her to sing with her dark, operatic voice.
Several of the songs that are very well loved up to this day as versions sung by Floor originally came from the Tarja era. In addition to GLS these would include songs such as Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean, Dead Boy's Poem, Ever Dream, Bless the Child, Dark Chest of Wonders, Wish I Had an Angel, Nemo, and many others... Old Nightwish songs have a different flavor compared to the latest stuff, but the common thread is that they've always produced very good music that one can listen to for years upon years.
I love Tarja's videos "Swanheart" and "Beauty and the Beast". They are incredible! And I was at the Tarja's concerts twice. She is still great.
This was Nightwish's first singer Tarja Turunen - who was fired very publicly (really no person should be fired publicly like that). The result of HOW she was fired led to a HUGE backlash against Tuomas (the keyboard player and main band member who writes the music). This led to a deep depression, ultimately leading him to write the song "The Poet and the Pendulum" - a very emotional song. Floor gives it great justice, but it is hard to listen to every time.
Tarja was an excellent singer (well, is an excellent singer - solo artist now). There are several songs that only she performed. Several songs that Floor performs are really only ones she could do because she can draw heavy deep breaths. Tarja came to the band before it was a metal band, and the switch is very ironic. They were a folk band, she was an classical/opera style singer and the band became symphonic metal. It has turned out to be something inspiring other people.
The first stage performer of "Christine" using the music we hear today of "Phantom of the Opera" is Sarah Brightman in Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical. She was married to him at the time. She had a great voice, but some like others. One has to keep a couple of things in mind: 1) "Phantom of the Opera" isn't now/never was an opera. It's a musical. As such, it never required a high tone soprano. Originally Brightman sang with Michael Crawford - whose voice was at times higher than Brightman's, however Brightman reached high notes at the end for drama. You should listen to it here: ruclips.net/video/ipsZhMjCc-A/видео.html - but after hearing the song sung by Tarja and Floor it's hard to compare. You have to understand the context in the performance - The "phantom" had another agenda and when "Christine" reached the high note in the song, the "phantom" was killing her boyfriend with a chandelier. Definitely watch the entire musical with Brightman or Sierra Boggess to get the best view. There are a fabulous array of songs in this musical.
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Конечно это не Флор, Флёр или как там её....
Это Тарья! ТАРЬЯ!!! Лучшая вокалистка Nightwish!
Tarja is a Queen, Anette is a Queen, Floor is a Queen. There are a lot of Queens out there 😉😬
Anette was a very bad singer
@@bathory4367 I respectfully disagree. I think that she just has a different style. I also think that this different style doesn't seems like Nightwish.
This concert in 2006 was the last one recorded with Tarja. Also watch the cover they did of Pink Floyd, the song High Hopes, with the vocal of Marko, the bass guitar guy. Greetings from Brazil! You are beautiful and nice... We luv u!!!!!!
I have heard the original version, Floor, and this version. Of the three, I love the way Tarja and Marcos sing this song the most.
This was Tarja Turunen, the first lead singer and founding member of the band. This was her last show with the band, October 21, 2005, in Helsinki. You reacted to The Poet and The Pendulum. That song was all about the anguish Tuomas went through related to the breakup with Tarja.
this is from 2005 with 1st singer Tarja, this was her last show with Nightwish she was given the open letter stating why they fired her when this show was over
I'm a huge fan of Nightwish. All 3 of their singers have a unique voice and they are completly different. Tarja Turunen (-2007), the singer of this video, sound much more opera like then the other two. Annette (-2010 or 2011) the 2nd singer has much more metal like voice though she is very good. But Floor (officially joined in 2013 but was present before), the 3rd and actual singer, she can do all the stuff from growling metal voice to opera, all very very good.
But you are even as good I like the expresion in your face when somting happens you don't expect. This is quiet as good as the singing and the music of Nightwish. Love it.
🚌 Saw them in Seattle playing a venue smaller than their tour bus 🚌 I think they were surprised 😶
Tarja was pleased with the performance, did a sorta clenched fist "YES" when they'd finished ✊🏻 got the sense she's got a standard to meet - even in such a tiny venue. Respect that 🙌🏻
😱 Was shocked when she left NightWish 😱 Kinda lost interest after that... 🤷🏻♂️
All hale the REAL TRUE QUEEN 👑 of NIGHTWISH and of ALL FEMALE SYMPHONIC METAL SINGERS!!!!!!!!, the very beautiful looking and very unique voice of the enchanting TARJA!!!!!!!!!!😀👍👍👍👍👍👍🤘
Well said!!! 👍
She is the first Singer with Nightwish before Floor ,20 years ago
ill forgive you for not knowing tarja, go read about her, she was original and imo best singer of this band, nothing taking away from floor but tarja was THE NIGHTWISH
this was last concert of her and band together, band sent her letter that she was out before concert but she seen it just after it, so this was pure last night of one of best bands in 00s, most teen grew up with this band .
The first vocalist nightwish it’s Tarja turunen,Afterhours Annette Olsen and Noww it’s Floor Jansen
Tarja was the Empress
Annette was the Maid
Floor is the Warrior
The man at the Keyboards ist Tuomas Holopainen, the Mastermind of Nightwish. He composes this Musik a la Nightwish.
With Tarja Turunen and her operatic education Nightwish rises up to the (!) Symphonic Metal Band of the world.
I admire the three singers. I like the songs Anette performed, i like Floor's, and i personally love Tarja's. But there's something about old Nightwish that i feel attracted to besides Tarja's vocals. The music was different. Simpler, but complex at the same time. It felt magical... I don't know.
This is a very old story about a musical genius ghost "the phantom" that haunted an opera house and falls in love with an opera singer and controls her to sing through her
Tarja was/is amazing :)
The original was by Sarah Brightman.. I think the version that she sings with Antonio Banderas is amazing too, very theatrical and the organ music is just so haunting
I recomend to watch "Nightwish From Wishes To Eternity 11 Dead Boy's Poem live ". this is awesome song with Tarja
That’s Tarja, the first vocalist, but her, Annette, and Floor are all tremendous singers.
nightwish have always being very lucky that they musician have always being very talented people. no weak links. thanx to great reaction and have wonderful day.
I still have to listen to Annete❤️
"From Wishes to Eternity" (2000) - Best age of band with Tarja. Just check out Nightwish - Dead Boy's Poem (From Wishes to Eternity DVD)
Agree, totally fan from that DVD since 22 years now 🥰🤘🏼
I already posted also some links to 3 songs that Floor never has sung so far.
I don't think Floor has ever done FantasMic 3. If I am wrong, please correct me.
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Tarja does indeed tend to use operatic style most of the time while Floor varies it a lot. Thought that could also have been a preference of Tuomas (the keyboard player) who is also responsible for most of their compositions and arrangements. Note you also have seen two different drummers. In this video and on Ghost Love Score the drummer is Jukka on the Greatest Show on Earth and Poet and the Pendulum it was Kai.
It was Tuomas’s preference that she stay doing the operatic vocals, that was part of the reason he and Tarja had problems. She wanted to branch out and try other styles, he wasn’t about it.
@@cinnabonbons yes, and that's why her solo career is super original and versatile
Nightwish has/had 2 of the most incredibile singer: Tarja and Floor
Tarja did not know that she was going to be let go after this concert, but the rest of the band did. Awkward! Nicely done Bisscute 😊
I can never listen to another version ever again. Great reaction as always Biss, be good abd stay healthy. Cheers 🤘👏🤘👏🤘👏
BAsically speaking with Tarja they became famous this is what ppl think is Nightwish and then came interesting times and now with Floor it's different but still Nightwish but with a singer who incorporates more different styles than what Tarja did. But her operatic style in the beginning made it unique and popular so ...
Tarja Turunen, the first and longer vocal of Nightwish
This concert was from 2005. The operatic-style vocals of Tarja Turunen defined the sound of Nightwish for their first five or six albums (I'm still slightly confused about whether some of the Nightwish CDs I have were albums or EPs.)
I have seen only one good answer to the question of who's the best Nightwish singer : Marko.
This is Tarja, the first vocalist for Nightwish. She sang this operatic style pretty much all the time. The second singer, Anette, was a pop/rock singer and she struggled with some of the older Tarja-era songs. Floor can do it all. All three were/are great in their own way, but for me Floor is the most versatile. For more of Marko (bass player) singing lead…listen to While Your Lips Are Still Red live at Wembley , or The Islander live at Tampere. You’ll be surprised all over again. The guy playing keyboards is Tuomas, the leader of the band who writes most of the music and lyrics.
Tarja Turunen has been an inspiration for many female Metal singers.🧛♂ You remind me a bit of Vampy Witch here on RUclips but you are of course Bisscute, The eyes and the accent maybe 🎶 And Nightwish has been trough it's own troubles along the way. And Jack Sparrow for the win ! And you can enjoy both Tarja and Floor, they did an Instagram chat in december 2020. It is on RUclips.✔
Vampy Witch and Bisscute are both from Romania if I not mistaken. That's explain the accent and similar appearing.
@@hboplus1 cool
Tarja Turunen (prononce "Taria") She's the original lead singer of the band and performer on all "older" albums before Dark Passion Play album (with Annette Olzon)
More old stuff, please. She's the original singer from Nightwish.
its floors time now
@@fredverkerk838 Yeah, but it’s so tiring to be on the floor all the time and it’s always pure joy to be on the ceiling with Tarja’s high notes.
Tarja's specialty was her operatic vocals most of the time. All 3 singers for Nightwish were very good in their own styles.
Taja was banned out of Nightwish after thid concert. So I take this concert is her farewell one.
This is the original Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen
Watch Nightwish with her: Ever dream! If you want to hear her vocal flexibility hear please also "Sleeping Sun" feat. Steve 'n' Seagulls!
She is Tarja Turnen, the original singer of Nightwish. Should do reaction of the song "Siren" which has lots of opera composite to it.
That is Nightwish's first singer Tarja Tuunen.
Yes, she is not Floor, she is Tarja Turunen, the first and co-founder lead vocalist. This video is from the "Tarja Era" but always and forever Nightwish and never compare all 3 singers, each of them marked a specific period in the history of the group. BTW new subscriber here ;-)
Tarja Turunen the original singer and now solo....check out her solo stuff-excellent
Tarja and Floor are friends. As far as I can tell, there is only video on RUclips in which they sing together. Look for "Over The Hills" with them.
I love Tarja doing "Sleeping Sun", "Walking in the Air", "Over the Hills and Far Away", and Tarja and Marko on "I Wish I Had an Angel"
Happy Holidays Bisscute🤗
Another great reaction😘
No, you just heard one of the most operatic songs Nightwish has. But there's many levels and styles of classical vocals she sings: it's not all operatic. She also sings contemporary style, breathy vocals (I suppose that could be called falsetto) and most often mixing classical and contemporary styles in the songs. Like here, "Kun joulu on" ruclips.net/video/8uU0PaDAm0Y/видео.html quite contemporary vocals, "Feliz Navidad" ruclips.net/video/Afjgsb_GAxo/видео.html very much contemporary, although at times slight classical quality too. For her two last albums they infact changed her singing style for many songs, to more contemporary style, away from bel canto style. If one listens "Sleeping Sun" both music videos, one can hear clear style change in singing: they rearranged the song for new vocals in 2005, and also made new music video for it.
For her last two albums in Nightwish, that is.
This is the original and best Nightwish
They are amazing ❤️
this is the best version! ever...........
I love Floor Jansen from her After Forever days and she's honestly the best replacement for Tarja. However, Tarja-era Nightwish was the peak as far as songs go. Most of the songs that reaction channels experience were from that era.
Who is that you say? The Goddess herself Tarja! :D
oh shit... she saw the original queen
She is Tarja Turunen from Finland, The Queen of Symphonic Metal..
Tarja is a gift to music. She, Sharon den Adel and Sabine Edelsbacher more or less created symphonic metal sound.
Marko is a one of a kind magnificent vocalist and this duet ranks as one of the best of all time in any style. Andrew Lloyd Webber said THIS was his favorite version of his own song.
The only duet more intense that I know is Lara Fabian and Johnny Halliday "Requiem pour un fou", watch the live Paris in the rain version. It's the most metal thing you will see that isn't metal.
phantom of the opera nightwish version is the best!!👍🤘🤘
she is the nightwish
Tarja's only gotten better after leaving Nightwish. But she will always deserve credit for putting this band on the map. She has some kind of unique haunting note that is so memorable.
End of an era, el concierto de despedida de tarja 2005 y el final de nightwish
original Nightwish,with their Queen;)
Tarja has no competition. She was and still is the best
Tarja is the original and is on the first five albums that are also the best NW albums.
Tarja Turunen is one of the original founder of Nightwish. Tuomas Holopainen fired her for personal issues, and they hired Anette Olzon, and after that Floor Jansen.
You need to see more of Tarja. Trust me you will not be disappointed.
Hey there! Tarja and Nightwish huge, long-time fan/addict here! lol. I just came across your channel and I'm very much enjoying your reactions, you've got a new subscriber right here and thumbs up! Well, this is Tarja Turunen, the first NW vocalist and co-fouder of the band, she is a classically trained soprano and very talented as you see, and was their lead singer from 1996 to 2005; I guess by now you already know quite a few things on the NW lore and history, so I'll just skip that part. lol BTW did you know Tarja was sick with a severe throat infection during this concert (called End of an Era, her last one with NW)? She didn't even know if she'd be able to sing that night, yet she did it marvellously! So if this is not the best she can do, just you imagine how damn incredible she is at her best!😍Remember this everytime you react to this concert (which I hope you do soon lol)
Anyhow, thank you for this reaction, Ioved it and appreciated what you respectfully pointed out! Don't worry, I don't think you hurt anyone's feelings ahaha, and I say this being not only a huge NW fan but also a hardcore Tarja fan (or Tarjaholic, as some would call us ahaha). I mean, even though I think she's very unique and brought NW to a whole new level combining her stunning dark, absolutely beautiful and powerful operatic vocals (her timbre I must say is rare and uncommon even into the classical music universe) with Tuomas' genius, I love, respect, support and appreciate all their singers as the equally great, amazingly talented artists they undoubtedly are in their own different ways and rights (that's a fact only the blind don't see, all else is just a matter of personal taste and preference imo), for each of them brought special and individual elements to the band that helped them grow, mature and develop their artistic identity. I enjoy NW's music from all eras with all three lead singers they had because they're an incredible band, an epic, extraordinary, legendary group that through their Music have created a magnificent otherworldly realm!!! Pure magic! As a fan, I strongly believe we are blessed to have witnessed three amazing talented ladies fronting NW and should just enjoy the gift the whole band deliver us with their timeless Art, and I think we should be grateful and feel honored for that, regardless of our personal preferences.
Anyway, you're right, 'twould be unfair to compare Tarja and Floor, both ladies are amazing, insanely talented and equally good in their own ways and rights, just very different and everyone is entitled to have their own personal preferences; besides they're long-time friends and very supportive of each other. And you're actually right in some extent, at that point in time (Tarja was still at her 20s btw) they were more "operatic" symphonic metal much due to Tarja's classical singing style with a very unique, distinctly dark quality to her voice - she was actually the reason why they became a heavy metal band in the first place. It's important to ackowledge a few things though: NW's style had no precedents back then, they are pioneers in this field, building the pathway of the symphonic metal, so all of them, including Tarja, were still discovering and experimenting on their own what could musically be done, and Tarja set the tone in the genre inspiring many other symphonic metal bands and singers who came after and already had a starting point with NW. Also there was some kind of agreement between Tuomas and the other members that they wanted to fully explore this specific dark "operatic" quality of her voice and even a more mystic distant presence (in her solo career she's much more energetic on stage, much more herself) to see where they could go with it, and this only for their first 3 albums (during which she was actually in the middle of her classical singing studies), after that he gave her more freedom to explore a wider scope of her vocal colours, which while with NW she only began to do before she was fired, but just through her long, vast succesful solo career she could really improve other tecniques. So yes, Tarja is much more versatile now at her 40s than she was at her 20s, and while her classical singing tecnique is still her biggest strength imo, she can do many other things with her voice using that very tecnique, and not in a mainstream, stereotyped way. Should you wish to see how she was starting to experiment with her voice in her final times with NW, I recommend you to react to "The Siren" ( ruclips.net/video/LUy8T_3kieI/видео.html ) where you get to hear different layers of her singing she rarely used while with them, apart from her ramarkable dark operatic vocals she also gives us a soft, drawing, mystic almost ethereal voice, and a moment in which she sings in a sort of arabic/gypsy chanting style, all in one song, beautiful; and to "Slaying the Dreamer" ( ruclips.net/video/tFSqaLKXzwY/видео.html ) where there're moments when she uses a sort of belting, plus she headbangs really hard, it's awesome 🤘. All this brings me to another subject...
I noticed you didn't react to Tarja's solo stuff just yet. I'd like to encourage you to do so (apart from continuing your NW reactions), for she's been on the road solo for a long time (since 2006) with a very successful career that deserves more attention, her work is different from anything you've seen, creative and overall mindblowing, and is full precious gems for you to find out! Plus 'tis inspiring how she's constantly improving herself as an artist and a person. Thus I hope you're taking suggestions from the comment sections, for I have plenty lol. Tarja's Music is another epic, life-changing journey, as much as NW's. So I'd love to see you reacting to her (she's been doing a beautiful work), because since she started her solo career she's finally free to be fully herself, you know, without the "shackles"... and definitely is much happier, ever growing and maturing vocally and artistically through the years; she is simply a fantastic, hard working, super talented and phenomenal artist (who's sometimes a bit underrated by some unfortunately), a remarkably beautiful soul too! She's such an amazing artist, so creative and expressive, she plays the piano (since she was 6 actually), and became a noteworthy songwriter/composer as well (yes, most of her songs are written and composed by herself), and I love her stage presence and energy too, she owns the stage. She's truly one of a kind! I got to see her live once a few years ago and man!, what a mesmerizing voice and presence! She draws in every person in the audience always, and controls the crowd without having to say a word, almost like a spell, like she's always connected in an almost spiritual level, we feel that and she does too, and knows how to use it! The videos can capture a glimpse of that power, but seeing her live... Wow, it's an entirely different experience! I think she's much more energetic on stage now in her solo career than when with NW🤘❤, yet she managed to keep that same majestic aura and otherworldly presence! And at the same time with a distinctly dramatic expression and deep, emotional human renditions!
Therefore imo, one cannot hope to truly know Tarja as an artist without diving into her stunning solo work too. I love her, she's such an inspiration to me, her voice and renditions give me deep, spiritually magical Eargasms💘A-hem... Sorry about that😜. Anyway, her solo musical rock/metal style (apart from her classical music and xtmas concerts, and other "out of the box" side projects of hers) is very unique and not easily defined, though it still has plenty of the symphonic metal elements as guidelines such as some kinds of guitar riffs, epic orchestral arrangements, dramatic "ingredients" and her remarkably dark, powerful classical vocals (though now she mixes a bit her classical singing tecnique with a few more "contemporary" sounds and her chest voice in a very singular way). Her solo work is exquisite and much more versatile, she incorporates and merges aspects of different stilistic elements, and is always experimenting new things in her music without any fear of exploring the unusual, so you never really know what to expect or what she'll do next, AND I find it magnificent, thrilling!!! Plus I love the fact that she just walked her own path and found her "artist self", never trying to recreate her old days with NW, and I absolutely LOVE the results of her choices, I hope you like it too. So, back to the list in the next comment 😆(I tried to make a selection as short as I could, really difficult to choose from her vast, outstanding repertoire lol, but there's so much more to explore as you go):
1. ruclips.net/video/6T-Wyw9lYyM/видео.html . Song "In for a kill". Album "What lies Beneath" (2010). Performance from her 2012 first live-album "Act I". Bombastic! Hear the lion within her roar!🤘
2. ruclips.net/video/K3QmQN7VSNI/видео.html . This is also from Act I, a kind of mixed version of two of her ballad songs ("Oasis" and "The archive of lost dreams"). Here she sings while playing a grand piano, showing some dramatic nuances of her expression and voice, kind of "gothic vibes". She delivers such a touching, emotional performance! It brings tears to my eyes! It's sort of a "forgotten" treasure!😍
3. ruclips.net/video/jxqodwLVdcU/видео.html . "Love to Hate", this song is part of her 2016 album "The Shadow Self" and the performance recorded in 2018 for her live-album Act II, at London's Metropolis Studio, a more intimate set, which makes it even more special. Outstanding, breathtaking performance, one of my favorites!
4. ruclips.net/video/tv4XWkTWQ0M/видео.html . "Undertaker", also live for Act II, and another track from "The Shadow Self". So epic and Incredible! You'll love this one, her energy is amazing and the song is epic!
5. ruclips.net/video/UGkbQj8e6JI/видео.html . "Crimson Deep", also from "What lies Beneath" and performance, from Act I too. It gives me chills, I just love it!
6. ruclips.net/video/TGjkjNXYBWI/видео.html . "Dead Promises", live at Masters of Rock 2019, and the song is from her 2019 album "In the Raw". Freaking awesome! 🤘
7. ruclips.net/video/CpxA5JTT5Ec/видео.html . "Shadow Play", also from her "In the Raw". Link to the studio version for the epic choir and orchestra, but there is an outstanding live performance at Circus Life where she plays piano too, worth checking out as well.💘🤘
8. ruclips.net/video/Lq-genEQNLA/видео.html . "Innocence", from "The Shadow Self" and live at 'Circus Life' in Bucharest, in 2022. Fantastic live version, no backtrack recordings or anything like that, everything literally live! Beautiful!! Worth checking out as well is the official video clip for context!
9. ruclips.net/video/R_CQNdPbkzM/видео.html . That's a double >.
"Hello, My name is Bisscute and I really am this cute..." ;) Here's a version performed by the original Broadway performers, Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford. It's a bit of a mashup, but all I could find with original singers. Sarah Brightman has recorded this song with several other guys, all very excellent singers. But Marco's interpretation of the Phantom is my favorite.
Cred ca esti singura romanca de pe scena de react pe youtube care o sa ajunga destul de mare pe plan international. keep it up!!😊
Nice reaction. If you want to hear another great example of Marco's voice you should watch Nightwish do "High Hopes" from this same concert. It's amazing!
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