A documentary based on Avantasia's Around the World in Twenty Days world tour, Avantasia's first world tour. Released in conjunction with the Avantasia: The Flying Opera live recording.

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.

This year Tobias Sammet's Avantasia will once again bring us an amazing all-star show with many famous musicians. Furthermore we can proudly say that it's the 12th time that Tobias Sammet visits Wacken and it's the fourth time he does it with Avantasia. Today we can also let the cat out of the bag and announce the bands awesome line-up for Wacken 2017!

Setlist: "Twisted Mind", "Reach Out for the Light (with Ralf Scheepers)", "Dying for an Angel (with Eric Martin)", "The Story Ain't Over (with Bob Catley and Chiara Tricarico)", "The Scarecrow (with Ronnie Atkins)", "Farewell (with Adrienne Cowan)", "Lost in Space (with Chiara Tricarico)", "Sign of the Cross / The Seven Angels (with everyone)"