Symphonic metal, symphonic rock
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born August 17, 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen * or simply Tarja, is a Finnish singer-songwriter. She is a soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves.
Turunen studied singing at Sibelius Academy and Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. She is well known as a professional classical lied singer but best known as the former lead vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, which she founded with Tuomas Holopainen and Emppu Vuorinen in 1996. Their combination of hard and fast guitar riffs with Turunen's dramatic, "operatic" lead vocals quickly achieved critical and commercial popularity. Their symphonic metal style, soon dubbed "opera metal", inspired many other metal bands and performers.
Studio albums:
My Winter Storm (2007) 2009 reissue
What Lies Beneath (2010) deluxe edition
Colours in the Dark (2013)
The Shadow Self (2016)
In the Raw (2019)
Classical albums:
Ave Maria - En Plein Air * (2015)
Christmas albums:
Henkäys ikuisuudesta (2006)
From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas) (2017)
Live albums:
Act I: Live in Rosario (2012)
Beauty & The Beat * (2014) w/Mike Terrana
Luna Park Ride (2015)
Act II (2018)
EP's:
Yhden Enkelin Unelma (2004)
The Seer (2008)
Left in the Dark (2014)
The Brightest Void (2016)
Singles:
You Would Have Loved This (2006)
I Walk Alone (2007) Reissue
Maailman Kauneimmat Joululaulut (2009)
I Feel Immortal (2010)
An Empty Dream (2017)
