Avantasia - The Flying Opera: Around the World in Twenty Days

Avantasia - The Flying Opera: Around the World in Twenty Days

Recorded at The Scarecrow World Tour, 2008

2011 · 117 min · ★ 8.0 · Music

The Flying Opera is the first Avantasia live album by German power metal vocalist Tobias Sammet, released in March 2011. It was recorded during their first world tour in 2008, in support of the album The Scarecrow.

Directed by Ronald Matthes

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