History Music / TarjaTurunen

* SingingVoiceDissonance: Her speaking voice is fairly harsh with a noticeable Finnish accent. As a singer, she's a classically trained lyric soprano who has been described as "angelic" or "valkyrian" and, especially nowadays, her accent nearly disappears (it was much thicker earlier in her career, sparking many mishearings of Nightwish songs).

Finnish President Tarja Halonen called her "the voice of Finland". She is well-known across Europe and has a small yet devoted following in North America. She also was a coach on seasons 4 and 5 of ''Series/TheVoice of Finland''.

Finnish President Tarja Halonen called her "the voice of Finland". She is well-known across Europe and has a small yet devoted following in North America.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: This is pretty much Tarja and the rest of Music/{{Nightwish|Band}}. They all seemed tight-nit with the amount of success the band got with the albums of ''Wishmaster'', ''Century Child'' and ''Once'', but then after her final performance (ironically from a final performance called ''End of an Era''), the band released an open letter announcing her termination from the band. There's been multiple stories of what lead to the band splitting from Tarja (The band, Tuomas and Marco especially, accusing her of being about the money and her new husband influencing her while Tarja and her husband state that wasn't the case and both argued that the band treated her poorly, in particular Tuomas) but the fact remains is that Tarja was no longer a part of Nightwish as a result. These days the two parties however speak glowingly about each others's skills and even Tarja hasn't shown any regret of her years in Nightwish. It seemed the hatchet was buried as of late, considering Tarja has performed with Marco, is known to be friends with Floor and even praised Anette's performances.

She's best known as the former lead singer of the Finnish {{Symphonic|Metal}} PowerMetal band Music/{{Nightwish}}. In 2005, she left the band after receiving an open letter, leading to a public back-and-forth volley between her and the rest of the band. The letter claimed that she had missed too many rehearsals and that her husband influenced her behavior, though she vehemently denies these claims. Both she and her husband have since talked about their side of the story.

** Tarja performs a lot of covers live, ranging from classical pieces to 80's rock medleys and even some Music/{{Nightwish}} songs as a CallBack to her former band. This includes Nightwish's cover of "Over the Hills and Far Away".

* WeUsedToBeFriends: This is pretty much Tarja and the rest of Music/{{Nightwish}}. They all seemed tight-nit with the amount of success the band got with the albums of ''Wishmaster'', ''Century Child'' and ''Once'', but then after her final performance (ironically from a final performance called ''End of an Era''), the band released an open letter announcing her termination from the band. There's been multiple stories of what lead to the band splitting from Tarja (The band, Tuomas and Marco especially, accusing her of being about the money and her new husband influencing her while Tarja and her husband state that wasn't the case and both argued that the band treated her poorly, in particular Tuomas) but the fact remains is that Tarja was no longer a part of Nightwish as a result. These days the two parties however speak glowingly about each others's skills and even Tarja hasn't shown any regret of her years in Nightwish. It seemed the hatchet was buried as of late, considering Tarja has performed with Marco, is known to be friends with Floor and even praised Anette's performances.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: While generally SymphonicMetal, Tarja's solo material shows aplenty of influences from ClassicalMusic, AlternativeMetal, ArenaRock, {{Prog|ressiveRock}}, Pop, PsychedelicRock, Industrial and even Ambient. ''Colours in the Dark'' is especially [[GenreRoulette prominent]] in its experimental nature, while ''In the Raw'' is straight-up TraditionalHeavyMetal.

* SingingVoiceDissonance: Her speaking voice is fairly harsh with a noticeable Finnish accent. As a singer, she's a classically trained lyric soprano who has been described as "angelic" or "valkyrian" and, especially nowadays, her accent nearly disappears (it was much thicker earlier in her career, sparking many {{Mondegreen}}s of Nightwish songs).

* WeUsedToBeFriends: This is pretty much Tarja and the rest of Music/{{Nightwish}}. They all seemed tight-nit with the amount of success the band got with the albums of ''Wishmanster'', ''Century Child'' and ''Once'', but then after her final performance (ironically from a final performance called ''End of an Era''), the band released an open letter announcing her termination from the band. There's been multiple stories of what lead to the band splitting from Tarja (The band, Tuomas and Marco especially, accusing her of being about the money and her new husband influencing her while Tarja and her husband state that wasn't the case and both argued that the band treated her poorly, in particular Tuomas) but the fact remains is that Tarja was no longer a part of Nightwish as a result. These days the two parties however speak glowingly about each others's skills and even Tarja hasn't shown any regret of her years in Nightwish. It seemed the hatchet was buried as of late, considering Tarja has performed with Marco, is known to be friends with Floor and even praised Anette's performances.

* WomanInWhite: The cover art for ''From Spirits and Ghosts'' has Tarja's skin painted stark white, save for bright red lips; the music videos for the album (e.g. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spJlqZIHK24 "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"]]) have even her hair and clothes white.

Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born August 17, 1977), generally known as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish singer-songwriter. She is a soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: While generally SymphonicMetal, Tarja's solo material shows aplenty of influences from ClassicalMusic, AlternativeMetal, ArenaRock, {{Prog|ressiveRock}}, Pop, PsychedelicRock, Industrial and even Ambient. ''Colours in the Dark'' is especially [[GenreRoulette prominent]] in its experimental nature, while ''In the Raw'' is straight-up HeavyMetal.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: While generally SymphonicMetal, Tarja's solo material shows aplenty of influences from ClassicalMusic, AlternativeMetal, ArenaRock, {{Prog|ressiveRock}}, Pop, PsychedelicRock, Industrial and even Ambient. ''Colours in the Dark'' is especially [[GenreRoulette prominent]] in its experimental nature.

* 2006 - ''Henkäys Ikuisuudesta'' ([[NoExportForYou Only available in Finland]])

* GenreBusting: While generally SymphonicMetal, Tarja's solo material shows aplenty of influences from ClassicalMusic, AlternativeMetal, ArenaRock, [[ProgressiveRock Prog]], Pop, PsychedelicRock, Industrial and even Ambient. ''Colours in the Dark'' is especially [[GenreRoulette prominent]] in its experimental nature.

** "[[ComicBook/TheSnowman Walking in the Air]]" in ''Henkäys Ikuisuudesta''.

** Tarja performs a lot of covers live, ranging from classical pieces to 80's rock medleys and even some Music/{{Nightwish}} songs as a CallBack to her former band.

* CoverVersion: "[[ComicBook/TheSnowman Walking in the Air]]" in ''Henkäys Ikuisuudesta'', "[[Music/AliceCooper Poison]]", in ''My Winter Storm'' and "[[Music/{{Whitesnake}} Still Of The Night]]", as a bonus of ''What Lies Beneath''. She also sung "[[Music/SodaStereo Signos]]" and "[[Music/SeruGiran Desarma y Sangra]]" in live concerts.

* LighterAndSofter: "Underneath", "I Feel Immortal", and "Calling Grace" from her solo albums. ''Live At Sibelius Hall'' has her singing classical music.

* WeUsedTobeFriends: This is pretty much Tarja and the rest of Music/{{Nightwish}}. They all seemed tight-nit with the amount of success the band got with the albums of ''Wishmanster'', ''Century Child'' and ''Once'', but then after her final performance (ironically from a final performance called ''End of an Era''), the band released an open letter announcing her termination from the band. There's been multiple stories of what lead to the band splitting from Tarja (The band, Tuomas and Marco especially, accusing her of being about the money and her new husband influencing her while Tarja and her husband state that wasn't the case and both argued that the band treated her poorly, in particular Tuomas) but the fact remains is that Tarja was no longer a part of Nightwish as a result. These days the two parties however speak glowingly about each others's skills and even Tarja hasn't shown any regret of her years in Nightwish. It seemed the hatchet was buried as of late, considering Tarja has performed with Marco, is known to be friends with Floor and even praised Anette's performances.

Tarja has the unusual distinction of being a female soprano singer for a metal band. Her voice alone led to Nightwish being labeled as "opera metal". "Female-fronted metal" has become a subgenre in part due to the success of Nightwish.

* DeathlyPallor: The cover art for ''From Spirits and Ghosts'' has Tarja's skin painted stark white, save for bright red lips; the music videos for the album (e.g. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spJlqZIHK24 "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"]]) have even her hair and clothes white.

* TakeThat: Tarja responded to her former band's personal attacks in ''Dark Passion Play'' with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imBsSIFjPfA "Enough"]], which accuses Tuomas Holopainen of being a prima donna who choked her with darkness and couldn't comprehend that her love for her husband Marcelo Cabuli is genuine.