Vocal Coach Reacts to NIGHTWISH and TARJA - The Phantom of the Opera

We're revisiting Nightwish again today, but this time I'm hearing Tarja as their female vocalist! Here is their live performance of The Phantom of the Opera.
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[@bridgetmccracken1381]

For me the contrast between Marko's rough metal vocals and Tarja's rich dark classical vocals created pure magic

[@rickysellstedt7395]

Indeed! Especially in the second half of the song. Its perfect!

[@crazymelomanka]

yeah, opera and metal blended is something beyond this world! Incredible child they create!!!)) "Strange duet" indeed))

[@sehrgrossesglied5000]

same here , still one of my favorites to listen to in things of live performances of all bands

[@u3pyg]

Best thing is they are singing now again together (Marco and Tarja) and they have concert 200km from where I live next year, so naturally I already bought a ticket.

[@valiktarnavsky2169]

for me, tarja's voice was that nightwish that I fell in love with!

[@beldin2987]

Nightwish fan since 1998, so of course it was Tarja 😍🤘🏼

[@smanzoli]

Yesss, when she lft, I thought she could not be replaced… today I like Floor MUCH more!

[@thrymthorson2929]

Same for me. But in the end its everybodys individual taste... For me tarjas angelic voice always had some kind of sadness in it that made songs very special I love Floor and her more powerful approach - I enjoy when she does the old nightwish stuff - but its a quite different feeling for me

[@My.Darkling]

Tarja got me into Nightwish, AND got me to appreciate classical music as a whole. I didn't think it could be improved upon, I was one of those people who wasn't very into Annette... and then Floor showed up. I love her so much. It was like an old friend coming back from the dead.

[@TinaMUFC10]

Same 🥰🥰

[@TimedRevolver]

In most versions of this song, the male vocals make the Phantom sound smooth and suave. Marko makes him sound like the disturbed and unsettling man the Phantom actually is.

[@ibitedeadskunks]

This!

[@marting.h.9417]

I just love Tarja’s voice.

[@RoseForEverafter]

Tarja truly is a diva in the truest, most complimentary sense of the word--she's effortlessly regal and charismatic and just *commanding* on stage. One of my favorite performers ever! A couple things to note: 1. She was actually sick with the flu and a throat infection during this show! If you watch more songs from this concert you'll notice she has a lot of different stage outfits, and part of the reason is because she still had a fever and kept sweating through her costumes. As if she wasn't impressive enough! 2. This is Tarja from 15 years ago, and she's still today working hard to perfect and expand her vocal skills. She's amazingly versatile, and in addition to still putting out rock/metal albums, she also gives lots of classical concerts that I would definitely recommend if you're interested in hearing her go for that fully operatic style. She's even done folk covers of a few songs with the Finnish bluegrass band Steve N Seagulls, and you wouldn't expect her to be able to blend with them nearly as well as she does! 3. You mentioned talking about voice pairing in a few videos, and in that case I have a recommendation for you: Within Temptation's performance of Somewhere with Anneke van Giersbergen from the Black Symphony show has been dubbed the best duet ever by many in the youtube realm and is a really wonderful example of complimentary voices that I think you'd really enjoy checking out, especially because Sharon (WT's singer) is self-taught, while Anneke has classical training like Tarja.

[@My.Darkling]

Marko has got to be the best phantom of all time. Not only is he acting, leaning into the "darkness" and the almost madness of it, throwing in that rock grit, but he's also SIMULTANEOUSLY PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT!

[@vicmartone]

Chill... Not that hard

[@Albertojedi]

This is what I would call a perfectly performed song.

[@karadenizin-kizi]

Tarja is one of a kind 🌷🙏🏽 immensely talented, and she has such a beautiful colour to her voice. Her time with Nightwish really was special, thank you for checking it out! :)

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Tarja was a seasoned pro at about 16. A classically trained mezzo-soprano!

[@Benobot99]

Still my favourite Nightwish performance ever! Legendary.

[@angelbedolla347]

Ah yes back when I used to listen to nightwish. Good memories, love her voice.

[@kalebschultz]

TARJA THE NIGHTWISH QUEEN!

[@paanikki]

Tarja's operatic voice makes a dramatic effect that suits this song. Especially when the performance is also visually very operatic, much more dramatic than what most performances of this musical song usually are. Andrew Lloyd Webber himself has told in an interview, that this is one of his favorite performances of this theme. Marco's phantom sure is haunting.

[@pabloroldos4242]

Tarja Turunen the best!! Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷

[@vogel2280]

Yes, Tarja does an amazing Dead Boy's Poem, Everdream and of course Walking in the Air. The operatic style makes an appearance in many of her songs. This was her final performance with NW, she got fired immediately after this show. (Hence the name of the DVD: End of an Era)

[@JaneDoe12659]

She is so special. Tarja and nightwish were special. When i see the videos of that concert i feel some sort of pain because we all know this is the end of an era, and they fired her after that concert, with a letter... i guess she don't know that she will be fired during the concert. that is why it gives me pain to watch her like that. what a lost...

[@shirazzza]

Ah this is some awesome chaos at the end. Tarja was absolutely nightwish in this era. They all seem to be cool with each other again which is awesome & she's doing her own stuff so good for her

[@ligeiasiren4290]

She released a new song this week, "Eye of the Storm", and it's so good 😭.

[@larryzigler6812]

THANKS for some TARJAWISH !!!!!!! In love with the divine TARJA'S vast diverse brilliant solo career !!!!!!!! 💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘

[@dac2007]

Tarja is fantastic. It's very different style compared to Floor (and Anette), and that makes their music much more diverse. This particular show is pure magic, sadly things didn't end well at the time, but now she has a great solo career and Nightwish has Floor so it did work out in the end for both sides.

[@2dimitropolis370]

Passion and the opera Tarja

[@raulromero8122]

Marko is singing and playing the bass!!! dont forget this detail: he is playing the bass at same time!

[@kazfarah7623]

This was such an interesting analysis thank you so much!!! Her voice together with Marko's voice was a great combination, and yesss she has a very warm and dark timbre, it was even stronger during earlier years and I love it. "Deep Silent Complete" or "Swanheart" from the From Wishes to Eternity concert are magical, the concert was recorded in 2000, so very early Nightwish history, anything from that concert would be amazing!!!

[@OnFight1997]

Tarja dark queen.

[@TheIpadfanatic]

Tarja and this iteration of Nightwish was no doubt special. None of us were aware of the behind the scenes drama and that this was her last performance with Nightwish. Which made her departure so jarring. They were so perfect as constituted and it we would have to wait until 2012 to get that magic back again. Very glad you enjoyed it.

[@karelmarkvart1517]

we never get that magic back, its impossible. Tuomas was younger and emotionally invested in it too much to be able to repeat it. His newer works lack that magic feeling present on first two/three albums...

[@MicheleNicole]

I absolutely love this; it is my favorite Nightwish song with Tarja. This version was the first I had ever heard the Phantom, and talk about falling in love. Just gives me chills each time.

[@CrueHead18]

Tarja is my favorite, Strong bur softer I would say. Floor is agressive in your face. Honorable mention of course to Anette. Don't forget her.

[@cor0ner]

Thank You my favorite reactor. Miss U Marco!

[@melicriszoe1]

I adore Tarja very much. She is one of my favorite singers. I love it when she sings arias like mein herr marquis or when she sings symphonic metal and mixes her chest voice with her head voice, or when she dares to do beltings in her solo career. In all these years she grew a lot. I would like you to react to her latest song (it came out less than a week ago) and it's called eye of the storm because she sings differently there and as far as instruments are concerned you can hear a beautiful tango-style bandoneon. I liked your reaction!

[@alancarter41]

Marko is the best Phantom every. He adds the dark and sinister side to the character that opera singers just cannot achieve. With Marko, you feel the diabolical and controlling character missing in the normal singer. And you gotta LOVE that beard!

[@purpleir]

I love how everyone is reacting to this to get to listen to Tarja and end up in love with Marko 😝

[@matthewgoodA1206]

Just an epic live metal/opera performance. Metal mixed with opera. Opera into metal. The result is hard rocking grandeur onstage.

[@mgharvey3657]

Been waiting for this one!

[@friarjon7948]

My other favorite Nightwish song with Tarja is "I Wish I Had An Angel" (also features Marko), and "Nemo" is another classic Tarja version to check out.

[@jarkkokyntaja4073]

This song and this particular version of it is for me one of the songs you just never get tired of. Goosebumps and sweating of enjoyment, for the 1415th time, about-ish.

[@brucecronin6396]

Love the song, love your comments too !!

[@dolla3975]

WOHOO! and other Nightwish reaction from you :D

[@syncacct8576]

I remember reading from somewhere that Sir Lloyd Webber absolutely loved this cover

[@GlaucoHass]

You got red, you never get red. Also, Tarja is a goddess on the stage. This song still can't do her justice.

[@adrianomoreno19]

Love her ❤️❤️❤️

[@PwnyDwn]

Tarja is a Opera trained Mezzo soprano and in my opinion made the band. I honestly haven't like them since this show. If you ever heard her sing live it would give you chills. The woman could fill that hall with sound without a mic.

[@vicmartone]

She was great live, too bad she started with all the crap, changing dresses, color matching mics and the pop nonsense around the Nemo era

[@Razor2k3]

This was lovely. Thank you for reacting to this song. How about Scaretale With Anette? It's Halloween thow

[@fernandosbc2399]

Tarja The Best Vocal Ever...🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@xmoxipavonispetinus8539]

For me .this is the best version of all time.They created a style.these is masterpiece.these is a nightwish . i am fan since 2000

[@tereflores1316]

I love Tarja so much♥️

[@lunarwolf5555]

Nightwish with Tarja Turunen forever!

[@colmortimer1066]

I really like both singers, it is sometimes great to listen to them sing the same song...both have great Ghost Love Score and Ever Dream versions. It's really amazing that the same band can just replace the lead singer and it still work so well, even with the same songs. There is also a version of "Over the Hills and Far Away" were they both sing on stage together in a duet.

[@Green-Lyon]

I could (and WILL) listen to this performance a thousand times. I own the DVD and despite the sometimes dizzying music video style editing, I love the whole show so much.

[@adventuresinmusic2487]

I'm a fan of many of these singers but Tarja is Queen of the Symphonic Metal Queens. Her voice brought Symphonic Metal to the world.

[@antoniodiaz7160]

Muy buena reacción, muy profesional, como fans de la banda, seguía mucho a Tarja, es mas, hoy vive en mi país, Argentina y sigue con su carrera solista, pero lo de Floor me cautivo tanto su voz que disfruto de su canto, saludos desde Tucumán Argentina !!!

[@villainouschrisk2709]

NW performed this song again for their show in The Netherlands. Have not performed it since this one. There's only fan shot footage of it. Since Marco's departure, they brought in a guest vocalist. A very famous Dutch singer, Henk Poort. He was The Phantom on stage in The Netherlands for 3 years. He and Floor appeared together on a Dutch t.v. show, Beste Zangers, in 2019. They performed this together during the finale. Was instantly a viral sensation. Messed up part about this performance. Tarja's vibing along, hometown crowd, everybody's vibing with her. Only, everyone in the band knows she's getting fired, and it's their last time together on stage. Except her. Debates can be had over why things happen, and whether it was ultimately a good or bad decision, but, How things happen can be just as important as why. Sometimes more.

[@Wagoo]

Tarja is THE sound of Nightwish for me

[@RejectedInch]

Bethany's face transfixed while enjoying the full armonic contrast between a full soprano/opera trained singer voice with the nordic metal genre. Tarja Turunen is very hard ( if not impossible) to beat.

[@chriso6719]

Tarja is the most operatic of the 3 lead singers, Floor is the most versatile. Second lead singer ,Anette Olzon, has more of a pop/rock style. Tarja's abilities are why Tuomas decided to go the symphonic metal route instead of the acoustic mood music he originally planned. This performance was 2005 in Helsinki. The DVD is called End of an Era because it was Tarja's last Nightwish show, although she didn't know it. After the concert, the guys gave her the open letter dismissing her from the band after 9 years and 5 albums. She has gone on to a long solo career, and is still active today. Marko has the ability to sound great singing with almost anyone. Andrew Lloyd Weber is a fan of this version, calling it his favorite or one of this favorites. If you want to hear Tarja on a Nightwish original song, try more from this same show: The Siren, Wishmaster, NEMO, Sleeping Sun, or the show closer Wish I Had An Angel.

[@jimmyboy131]

I would also suggest "Slaying the Dreamer", from the End of an Era concert. That's another one where Tarja shines.

[@tuijakarttunen9164]

@@jimmyboy131 Agree 100%.

[@karelmarkvart1517]

sleeping sun, original version... Tarja at her best...

[@RoseForEverafter]

Ever Dream from this concert is one of my faves that I'd also add!

[@jimmyboy131]

@Dio I don't think Floor has a larger range. I think they're about the same. However I tend to agree that Tarja's version is typically the best version, though I do think Floor has a great voice and has done some good covers of Tarja songs. She just doesn't sound the same as Tarja, which to be fair no one else does. There's only one! (as Jeep would say)

[@attika89]

I really enjoy Tarja's more warm and darker tone. Floor is amazing, and I can't really place why, but I feel the Tarja era songs more with Tarja's presentation, even though Floor is more crisp and just as technical with all that. Kinda like an analog vs digital thing? I don't know :P Swanheart from the From Wishes To Eternity concert would be amazing!

[@matzek6200]

It was so special at this time, metal with that opera voice, i loved it. For her softer voice i would recommend Sleeping Sun.

[@MiguelLopez-is9te]

🤘😎🤘 Enjoyed your reaction. Tarja and Floor are so awesome and Annette is pretty cool. Tarja co-founded Nightwish, with Tuomas. She was in Nightwish for 9 years, so it was a shock when she was fired in October of 2005. But she went on to a very successful solo career, releasing 9 albums, and selling out tours. She rekindled her friendships with Marko in December of 2017 and Tuomas in February of 2021.

[@hernanleon6201]

nightwish was tarja now it's not the same, tarja the best vocalist the band had

[@Rosannasfriend]

I’m not finished this reaction yet, I’m about 7:30 in… But this is already among the best reactions I’ve seen to this performance, because you have an equal amount to say about both singers, most of the contemporary reactors don’t have a whole lot to say about a classical singer, some do though… And then you have some of the opera reactors should focus more on Marco because they seem to feel like they want to appeal to their audience and who are mostly contemporary listeners anyway. You are one of the best analyzers who actually pays attention to detail and says it as it is without filter and I like that about you.

[@Rosannasfriend]

Some people have complained that she goes sharp on the last note… Well according to Elizabeth from “the charismatic voice“, she did a review of two guys from home free singing opera/Nessun Dorma, and one of the things she said was that a lot of opera singers, including Pavarotti, go sharp on a lot of their notes intentionally, because it helps those notes to ring out as well as I think it adds to the emotion. Basically, it’s better to go a little sharp than a little flat.

[@tuijakarttunen9164]

She has such a beautiful sound to her voice, her style, her stage presence and the way she carries herself is all about class. Please check her performance of Supremacy (Muse cover) from Woodstock 2016 and her take on Mein Herr Marquis from her Beauty & The Beat tour, to hear her versatility in both contemporary and classical music. In Mein Herr Marquis you get to hear her bright and powerful soprano sound and in Supremacy her gorgeous lower register. In 2015 she released an album full of different versions of Ave Maria called En Plein Air. She even wrote one herself, it is very beautiful. You might be interested to hear her take on Ave Maria by Paolo Tosti. It was recorded in Lakeuden Risti church and she said nothing was chanced nor any tricks used, but you can hear her as she sounded in the church performing the song with the musicians without any audience. Absolutely gorgeous voice. She is about to release her Best of - album December 2nd, from which she has a new song "Eye of the storm" out already.

[@beernmetal6964]

There is a version of Ave Maria from Tarja I've been playing for years LOUDLY on Christmas Eve once it gets dark. I'm not one for lights and decorations, but the neighbors "need" to hear this every year. It's the one with a blue background and she almost looks like Zena with her bangs. The lady pianist from her post-Nightwish band plays the accompanying piano.

[@caetano.santana]

Tarja is absolutely the best match to Tuomas' lyrics and melodies. I miss this group formation so much.

[@user-vd5vu8lx3d]

me too, still, after such a long time

[@D-ragon-S]

Cheekbones you say... Well she has them without tensing... 😲

[@belenjauregui1555]

Tarja👸🏻

[@rianavermeulen4316]

Marco is amazing ❤ thank you .

[@crhu319]

You can hear Tarja at her best on "Paradise" with Within Temptation (Sharon den Adel). They're magnificent together. The official video has the best version of their voices but watching any Within Temptation live is worth the time Mother Earth from Resurrection Fest 2019 will blow your mind esp as it comes at the end of 80 minutes of full on stage power.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

Nightwish is a stop every vocal coach needs to make :D

[@cami71able]

Tarja for me the BEST!

[@emiliaranta3858]

Epic. Best version ever. The most beautiful mayhem.

[@Pulsed101]

First Tarja, then Jukka, then Marko. I miss the OG Nightwish for sure. Floor is AMAZING. But the 'End of an Era' DVD (this show) is fireworks from start to finish and exactly why I fell in love with the band, so unique for the time.

[@superluiyo]

More Tarja please!

[@vpuik]

Kiitos!!

[@Pabloamasifuenmusic]

You need to see the version she did for their love DVD from Argentina, as a solo artist on 2012

[@martintebbutt4732]

Tarja Has a great vocal and range love both girls vocals but like to wish floor all the best with her battle with cancer

[@goknurkaradag3385]

tarja is my best !!

[@lkesha82]

More Nightwish with Tarja!! 😁

[@Dulkh4n]

You should really check her solo career, she is amazing and feel so happy on her own

[@Dann66123]

Nightwish -Tarja-Nightwish=Tarja

[@kris2qt2b4u]

You are my favorite reaction vocalist to watch. You are so pleasant and have such true emotions and your awe smiles are so wonderful to see. This was a new version for me and I always get inspired to watch the Nicole Scherzinger live version. Another artist I fell in love with the first moment I heard her voice was Bishop Briggs singing River

[@pendragnx]

I'll always be glad that I got to see Nightwish in concert when they had both Tarja and Marco

[@mikeconway9849]

I really enjoy your reaction/comments and love your channel!

[@shifty7629]

Mad thing about this song is that, as long as Tarja hit that last note, Markko hit his last note even earlier, and held it longer. IMHO this is his best vocal performance in any of their songs.

[@Naztash]

Tarja has a much more "enchanting"/"fairy tale" voice than Floor in my opinion, which it why it works so well for the more fantastical songs.

[@ryanedwardson6541]

I love Tarja.... but Marko is the one that STILL gives me goosebumps when listening to this one.

[@skunkiemcdunkle3327]

You are a delightful human and I love your content and your enthusiasm. c:

[@AlexisRanae]

AND she was dealing with the flu during the show. She’s amazing. True muse of Nightwish and Tuomas

[@valiktarnavsky2169]

each group has its own vocalist, which we get used to! Within Temptation has Sharon, with a great voice. I advise you to listen to their composition Paradise, together with tarja. link in comment

[@valiktarnavsky2169]

Within Temptation - Paradise (What About Us?) ft. Tarja kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqqZfqOpebV-qtU

[@Mad9977]

the most beautiful version of that song ever, nice reactions 👍

[@KikiriB00]

Tarja = elegant Anette= youth Floor= Power /////// The Drummer= The heart of Nightwish

[@darkraven178]

Im in love thats all

[@never2late_mtb349]

You should watch the whole End of an Era show. Tarja owns the stage. Absolutely love Floor, God willing she is fine after her surgery and able to front the band in December. If not, well we've waited two years. We can wait a bit longer for her to be well which is far more important. She's made many of the older songs her own, of course, she is her own person. But there are some songs that will always be Tarja's in my mind. Sleeping Sun being one of them. But don't take my word for it. Watch the show and see how she performs it. I also flip between Everdream and Nemo. The version I prefer in the moment depends wholly on my mood.

[@ralfmeyer9086]

All my hopes to Floor . I cross my fingers for the surgery tomorow. WE WITH YOU FLOOR JANSEN ♥️🌹♥️🌹

[@christinaalgate4899]

Floor's a STRONG WOMAN

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

I would love to hear Tarja cover other songs from Phantom. "Phantom of the Opera" is a well known song, but not my favorite. "All I Ask of You" and "Wishing You were somehow Here Again" are far better in terms of emotional songs from Phantom.

[@MrRoziuke]

She does sing "All I Ask..." 🙂 Here it is (with Jose Cura , one of the most famous opera tenor ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXOVo2ubZ7-jnM0

[@r.e.4640]

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!!!!!!😀👍👍👍🤘

[@Marcusrafaelfet]

One of her most beautiful performances is Swanheart from 2013's Beauty and the Beat concert. Highly recomend that and Sleeping Sun from End of an Era.

[@stuartkelly8226]

Yeah totally agree

[@pekkatoivanen4619]

Marko is a master in blending his voice with other voices. He has also said that sometimes he had to subdue his voice even with Tarja for not overrunning her but never with Floor. Love Tarja and for my loss she’s the only Nightwish singer I haven’t heard live.

[@NightwishArena]

Well that is total BS from Marko. They are using mics for god sake and they can adjust the levels how ever they want to. I'm not sure what he meant with this statement, but it can't be the volume he was talking about.

[@Rosannasfriend]

TARJA is a classical singer with a huge and powerful voice… There’s no way in hell Marco could’ve ever overpowered or overrun her voice…

[@NightwishArena]

@@Rosannasfriend true, but Tarja didn't really used her "opera voice" too much with Nightwish, so maybe Marko "had to hold back" in that sense. But they could have just turned his mic down a bit and even put limiter there, so that he could have screamed as much as he liked. It was still a stupid comment from him, giving an expression that Tarja and Anette had weak voices. And maybe it was another way around, and Tarja hold back with him...who knows if they never talked about it.

[@JariJuslin]

@@NightwishArena : It's not just volume, but character of the voice. Mics and mixers can fix volume, but especially on live setting changing the rest is trickier.

[@MysticaRealms]

I love Floor but Tarja will always and forever be . The reason I fell in love with Nightwish

[@yajacnamor2919]

for me you're the best when it comes to reacting to singers

[@opponoastos]

Just. Say. Tarja 🖤

[@sterlingknight8087]

Love it!

[@ro0140]

Floor also performed The Phantom of the Opera not with Nightwish but with Henk Poort who played the Phantom for many years. Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp2mhJagq6mCgK8 The performance is totally different but amazing.

[@pro-v7500]

She has reacted to the Beste Zangers with Floor and Henk.