Her voice could break the ice with a single vocalise and her soprano range would have been at home on the grand opera stage. But if Tarja Turunen is a lyrical singer, she does not play on the side of the divas. She puts her exceptional organ at the service of metal. And with her sharp tone, she responds with unprecedented audacity to explosive guitar riffs and rumbling drums.

In the small world of rock, everyone knows her and many revere her, if not admire her. In the early 2000s, she became the voice of Nightwish as well as its emblem. But above all, she has brought about a feminine revolution with greatness. To those who thought she was too high-pitched, too powerful to sing symphonic metal, she doesn't need to answer. The thousands of albums sold by the band and their legendary titles, Nemo and The Phantom of the Opera in particular, speak for themselves.

When she leaves the band, she does so with an almost biblical recognition from the hordes of metalheads to go solo. Because Tarja Turner, who was born in a cold country, is not afraid of the cold and decides to give herself away completely. Her voice carries razor-sharp emotions and, above all, she spares no one with music that reflects her own life experiences, between love, loss, inner strength and unwavering hope.

Since going solo, this three-octave metal madonna has continued to ruffle hair and make heads spin. But if her love for big electric riffs hasn't changed, she's experimenting, opening her concerts with violin solos, looking to progressive rock. Clearly, she would be wrong to deny herself this. Because with a voice like hers, she can do anything, try anything, the result will always be sublime.