Tarja Turunen at Paris - One of my best 2016 concerts

Last night, on a cold November night, and despite the cold and rain, I lived one of my best concerts of this year.
Tarja Turunen, the great soprano singer of Metal, a true legend in Finland, ended her tour by coming to the French capital, and I had the honor of being there. The concert hall was the Casino de Paris, a rich, huge, well-known room in France, which dates back more than 100 years (it was inaugurated in 1880).

Tarja, the only and one <3 

The first opening act band: The Shiver

The second opening act band: Sinheresy

For this beautiful end of tour, there was not only one, but two first parts in the show. Although I liked the band The Shiver with their mix of rock and electro elements, I admit that I preferred the second band, Sinheresy, whose the style Symphonic / Heavy metal, is in the line of the great groups like Nightwish or Within Tempation. A new discovery for me, to the point that I made a photo with three of the members of Sinheresy after the concert, as a memory. 

But of course the artist I was most impatiently waiting for was the Finnish queen of metal in person, the one and only, Tarja Turunen, always as beautiful, as much by the voice as her appearance. Accompanied by her group, she gave us almost two hours of an unforgettable show, in the old and magnificent decoration of the Casino (of which Tarja told us that it's a very beautiful place). For the concert, Tarja was dressed in a magnificent large black dress, decorated with feathers of ravens, like a raven princess of metal. Her outfit was almost Medieval Fantasy and I loved it, I even thinked about the Night's Watch from Game of Thrones. Even though the audience had to be seated on seats, the atmosphere was not affected. The French metal public was there, to acclaim Tarja, because in France, she is loved and respected, her audience is faithful and will always remain. For the last songs, the public (including myself), we all raised for her and have remained standing, and the vigils have let us do. In short, a magnificent concert full of colors and emotions, and metal! A great way to finish a tour. Thanks to you, beautiful Tarja, to give us so much happiness through your voice and your songs. You will always be welcome in France, we love you!

My photo with Sinheresy \m/

Mathias, the Killmaster

Fire and Blood \m/