TARJA - Act I North American Release Confirmed; Tracklisting Revealed

Eagle Rock imprint Armoury Records, in conjunction with Hamburg, Germany-based earMUSIC, has announced the release of the first ever live solo album from legendary Finnish songstress TARJA TURUNEN. Entitled Act I, the release will be unleashed to North American fans on September 4, in 2-CD, 2-DVD and Blu-Ray format. The previously-reported (here), the European release date of August 24th remains.
 

The first ever live audio/video offering from the former NIGHTWISH soprano, Act 1 is a mammoth undertaking recorded and filmed with 10 HD cameras at the breathtaking Teatro El Círculo in Rosario, Argentina in March 2012. With an elaborate track listing of solo tunes, Nightwish classics and various covers including a rendition of ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER's 'The Phantom Of The Opera', GARY MOORE’s 'Over The Hills and Far Away', WHITESNAKE’s 'Still Of The Night' and a variety of video extras, Act I provides a full-fledged bill of fare to every diehard Tarja fan.

Comments Turunen of the offering: “Those two nights in Rosario were a huge emotional drive to me personally,” adding that she was many times “ready to burst into tears.”

Act I tracklisting:

CD 1
'Anteroom Of Death'
'My Little Phoenix'
'Dark Star'
'Naiad'
'Falling Awake'
'I Walk Alone'
'Little Lies'
'Into The Sun' (previously unreleased)
'Nemo' (Nighwish)
'Never Enough' (previously unreleased)
'Still Of The Night' (Whitesnake)
'In For A Kill'

CD 2
'Boy And The Ghost'
'Lost Northern Star'
'Ciaran‘s Well'
'Tired Of Being Alone' (written with Schiller)
'Where Were You Last Night' / 'Heaven Is A Place On Earth' / 'Livin’ On A Prayer' (Medley)
'Underneath'
'Oasis' / 'The Archive Of Lost Dreams'
'Crimson Deep'
'The Phantom Of The Opera' (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
'Die Alive'
'Until My Last Breath'
'Over The Hills And Far Away' (Gary Moore)
 

DVD 1
'If You Believe'
'Anteroom Of Death'
'My Little Phoenix'
'Dark Star'
'Naiad'
'Falling Awake'
'I Walk Alone'
'Orpheus Hallucination' / 'Orpheus In The Underworld'
'Little Lies' (band jam)
'Little Lies'
'Into The Sun' (previously unreleased)
'Nemo'
'Rivers Of Lust'
'Minor Heaven'
'Montañas De Silencio'
'Sing For Me'
'I Feel Immortal'
'Never Enough' (previously unreleased)
'In For A Kill'
'Toccata And Fugue D-minor (BWV 565)' (Johann Sebastian Bach)
'The Phantom Of The Opera' (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
'Die Alive'
'Until My Last Breath'
'Over The Hills And Far Away' (Gary Moore)

DVD 2
'Boy And The Ghost'
'Lost Northern Star'
'Ciaran‘s Well'
'Tired Of Being Alone' (written with Schiller)
'Where Were You Last Night' / 'Heaven Is A Place On Earth' / 'Livin’ On A Prayer' (Medley)
'Underneath'
'The Reign'
'Oasis/The Archive Of Lost Dreams'
'Still Of The Night' (Whitesnake)

Blu-Ray tracklisting is the same as DVD 1 and 2.

Act I cover art will be revealed at a later date.