Passion and the Opera
"Passion and the Opera" | ||||
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Promotional single by Nightwish | ||||
from the album Oceanborn | ||||
B-side | "Sacrament of Wilderness" | |||
Released | 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Studio | Caverock, Kitee, Finland | |||
Genre | Power metal | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Tuomas Holopainen | |||
Producer(s) | Tero Kinnunen | |||
Nightwish promotional singles chronology | ||||
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"Passion and the Opera" is the first promotional single[1] by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released from their album Oceanborn, the single was shipped only in a cardsleeve.[2] The song was played live only between 1999 and 2001, but since 2007 Tarja Turunen, Nightwish ex-frontwoman, is playing the song live with her own band, although when she does, the riff that starts off the song on the album is missing.
The single's cover art features the owl with the same scroll as in the cover of Oceanborn and Wishmaster.[3]
Track listing[]
- "Passion and the Opera" (single edit) – 3:34
- "Sacrament of Wilderness" (music co-written by Emppu Vuorinen) – 4:12
Personnel[]
- Tarja Turunen - lead vocals
- Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards
- Emppu Vuorinen - Lead guitar
- Jukka Nevalainen - Drums
- Sami Vänskä - Bass guitar
References[]
- ^ "Nightwish - Passion And The Opera". Discogs. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Nightwish: Passion and the Opera". Archived from the original on 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ Nightwish.com - Nightmail Archived 2009-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
Categories:
- Nightwish songs
- 1998 singles
- Songs written by Tuomas Holopainen
- Songs written by Emppu Vuorinen