Nightwish – End of an Era: Tarja’s Final Concert, Helsinki, 2005

The complete End of an Era show, filmed on 21 October 2005 at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki: Nightwish’s final concert with vocalist Tarja Turunen, closing the worldwide Once tour. Before a packed Finnish arena, the band led by keyboardist-composer Tuomas Holopainen unfurls its full symphonic metal, blending choirs, orchestration and Tarja’s operatic voice. The set moves through repertoire highlights — “Ghost Love Score,” “Nemo,” “Wishmaster,” “Bless the Child,” the cover of “The Phantom of the Opera” — and closes on “Wish I Had an Angel.” An emotionally charged filmed live concert (Tarja’s departure was announced that very night), it is an essential document in symphonic metal history. Keywords: Nightwish, End of an Era, Tarja Turunen, Helsinki 2005, live, filmed live concert, symphonic metal.