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The Flying Opera is the first Avantasia
Avantasia
Avantasia is a heavy metal project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist and frontman of the band Edguy. The project's title is a portmanteau of the words "avalon" and "fantasia" and describes "a world beyond human imagination"...

 live album by German power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...

 vocalist Tobias Sammet
Tobias Sammet
Tobias Sammet is the vocalist and primary songwriter of the German Power metal band Edguy, as well as the creator of the metal opera Avantasia and a member of the metal project Final Chapter. He also made guest appearances on the Rob Rock album Holy Hell and the metal opera Aina...

, released in March 2011. It was recorded during their first world tour in 2008, in support of the album The Scarecrow
The Scarecrow (album)
-Personnel:* Tobias Sammet – Vocal, Bass guitar, Additional Keyboards* Sascha Paeth – Guitars,* Miro – Keyboards, Orchestration* Eric Singer – Drums-Guest vocalists:* Roy Khan * Jørn Lande...

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Tracklist

DVD
Disc 1
Live at Wacken Open Air 2008 & Masters Of Rock Festival 2008
  1. "Twisted Mind"
  2. "The Scarecrow"
  3. "Another Angel Down"
  4. "Prelude/Reach Out For The Light"
  5. "Inside"
  6. "No Return"
  7. "The Story Ain‘t Over"
  8. "Shelter From The Rain"
  9. "Lost In Space"
  10. "I Don‘t Believe In Your Love"
  11. "Avantasia"
  12. "Serpents In Paradise"
  13. "Promised Land"
  14. "The Toy Master"
  15. "Farewell"
  16. "Sign Of the Cross/The Seven Angels (Medley)"

Disc 2
  1. Around The World In 20 Days – The Movie (documentary)
  2. Lost In Space (video clip)
  3. Carry Me Over (video clip)
  4. Carry Me Over (Making of the video clip)
  5. Dying For An Angel (video clip)


CD

Personnel

  • Tobias Sammet
    Tobias Sammet
    Tobias Sammet is the vocalist and primary songwriter of the German Power metal band Edguy, as well as the creator of the metal opera Avantasia and a member of the metal project Final Chapter. He also made guest appearances on the Rob Rock album Holy Hell and the metal opera Aina...

     - lead vocals
  • Sascha Paeth
    Sascha Paeth
    Sascha Paeth is a German guitarist, bassist, musical producer, and mixer known for working with heavy metal bands such as Avantasia, Edguy, Angra, Shaaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, After Forever, Epica, et al...

     - guitars
  • Oliver Hartmann
    Oliver Hartmann
    Oliver Hartmann is a German metal vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer who performed in various acts, either as guitarist, solo or choir singer...

     - guitars & backing vocals (lead vocals on track 10)
  • Robert Hunecke-Rizzo
    Robert Hunecke-Rizzo
    Robert Hunecke-Rizzo is a German bass player, guitarist and drummer, known for his work with Heavens Gate, Luca Turilli, and Kamelot.He helped to found the supergroup Aina, who released their metal opera Days of Rising Doom in 2003. He was the music composer and played most of the instruments...

     - bass & backing vocals
  • Miro
    Michael Rodenberg
    Michael Rodenberg, nickname Miro, is a German keyboardist and musical producer known for working with power metal bands such as Angra, Shaaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, Heavens Gate, et al...

     - keyboards & backing vocals
  • Felix Bohnke
    Felix Bohnke
    Felix Bohnke, born 2 September 1974, is the current drummer for the power metal band Edguy. He joined the band just before they recorded the Theater of Salvation album in 1998....

     - drums
  • Amanda Somerville
    Amanda Somerville
    Amanda Somerville is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach.- Personal life :Somerville was born in Flushing, Michigan, and attended Flushing Senior High School and the University of Michigan in Flint, Michigan...

     - backing vocals (lead vocals on track 15)
  • Cloudy Yang - backing vocals

Tour Guests

  • Jørn Lande
    Jørn Lande
    Jørn Lande is a Norwegian hard rock and heavy metal singer who has sold over 2 million records worldwide. He is probably best known for being the lead singer of the power metal band Masterplan.-Biography:...

     - lead vocals on tracks 02, 03, 12, 13 and 16
  • Andre Matos
    André Matos
    André Coelho Matos born September 14, 1971 in São Paulo, Brazil. He is the oldest son of photographer Pedro Henrique Matos and Sonia Maria Coelho. André Matos was the former vocalist, pianist and composer for the power metal bands Viper, Angra and Shaaman. Since October 2006 Andre Matos has been...

     - lead vocals on tracks 04, 05, 06, 08 and 16
  • Bob Catley
    Bob Catley
    For the Australian politician, see Bob Catley Robert Adrian 'Bob' Catley is a British musician, perhaps best known as the lead singer of the rock band Magnum. He is also an accomplished solo artist.- Early years :...

     - lead vocals on tracks 07, 08 and 16
  • Kai Hansen
    Kai Hansen
    Kai Michael Hansen is a power metal guitarist and vocalist.Hansen is the founder, lead guitarist, and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray, and the co-founder and former member of German metal band Helloween. He is a prominent figure in power metal, and has sold millions of albums worldwide...

     - lead vocals on track 14
  • Henjo Richter
    Henjo Richter
    Henjo Oliver Richter, in Hamburg, West Germany, is a guitarist and keyboardist in Gamma Ray, the German power metal band formed by Kai Hansen.-Biography:...

    - guitar on track 14
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