{"id":1251,"date":"2023-06-29T01:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T01:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2024-04-12T01:57:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T01:57:56","slug":"he-queen-of-operatic-metal-makes-a-rare-appearance-in-northern-california-on-june-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=1251","title":{"rendered":"The queen of operatic Metal makes a rare appearance in Northern California on June 30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sacramento.newsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/T-t.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Finnish soprano singer Tarja Turunen is known for her work fronting the symphonic metal greats,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UGfKMV5AbMI\">Nightwish<\/a>, her solo career has eclipsed everyone\u2019s expectations and earned her numerous accolades.\u00a0This Friday\u2019s appearance by Turunen at the UC Theatre in Berkeley is the last show of\u00a0her\u00a0highly publicized and anticipated\u00a012-city run. She\u2019s dubbed the concert series \u2018Living the Dream Tour 2023.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 45-year-old songstress&nbsp;has plenty of fans who\u2019ve been clamoring for more music from her, even after her last full-length album \u2018In the Raw\u2019 was released in 2019. Turunen\u2019s label earMUSIC has also issued a wonderful collection dubbed \u2018Best Of: Living The Dream\u2019&nbsp;in 2022:&nbsp;It chronicles some of the highlights of her six solo releases, as well as a new song,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=36CPVLZZDgo\">\u2018Eye Of The Storm.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For new fans not versed in Turunen\u2019s solo albums, her 2007 release and second in her catalog \u2013 \u2018My Winter Storm\u2019 \u2013 is considered an ideal starting point.&nbsp;With a three-and-a-half octave range, Turunen\u2019s voice \u2013 and vocal calisthenics found within \u2013 are sure to win over naysayers when it comes to the metal and classical world being mixed together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special guest Chaoseum opens the show. Doors open are at 7 p.m. and things kick off promptly at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are $35 and can be purchased at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theuctheatre.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.theuctheatre.org<\/a>.The UC Theatre is located at 2036 University Avenue in Berkeley. All ages are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(SN&amp;R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Finnish soprano singer Tarja Turunen is known for her work fronting the symphonic metal greats,\u00a0Nightwish, her solo career has eclipsed everyone\u2019s expectations and earned her numerous accolades.\u00a0This Friday\u2019s appearance by Turunen at the UC Theatre in Berkeley is the last show of\u00a0her\u00a0highly publicized and anticipated\u00a012-city run. She\u2019s dubbed the concert series \u2018Living the Dream [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1260,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions\/1260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}