Passion and the Opera

"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.

"Passion and the Opera"
Promotional single by Nightwish
from the album Oceanborn
B-side"Sacrament of Wilderness"
Released1999 (1999)
Recorded1998
StudioCaverock, Kitee, Finland
GenrePower metal
Length
  • 3:34 (single edit)
  • 4:50 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Tuomas Holopainen
Producer(s)Tero Kinnunen
Nightwish promotional singles chronology
"Passion and the Opera"
(1999)		 "The Kinslayer"
(2000)

The single's cover art features the owl with the same scroll as in the cover of Oceanborn and Wishmaster.[3]

Track listing
  1. "Passion and the Opera" (single edit) – 3:34
  2. "Sacrament of Wilderness" (music co-written by Emppu Vuorinen) – 4:12

Personnel

References
  1. "Nightwish - Passion And The Opera". Discogs. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. "Nightwish: Passion and the Opera". Archived from the original on 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  3. Nightwish.com - Nightmail Archived 2009-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
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