Sarah Brightman
- Actress
- Music Department
- Producer
Sarah Brightman's soprano voice has sold millions of records and been
heard in arenas, cathedrals, and Olympic stadiums around the world.
Brightman is the winner of more than 180 gold and platinum awards in 40
countries, and is a concert artist who has performed before millions of
fans on every continent.
Brightman began her career as a member of the dance troupe, "Pans
People", before joining Hot Gossip, where she
released several disco hit singles as a solo performer. In 1981, she
made her West End musical theatre debut in "Cats", where she met
composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. She
went on to star in several Broadway musicals, including "The Phantom of
the Opera", where she originated the role of "Christine Daaé".
After a number of successful years on the musical stage, Brightman
decided to resume her solo career with former "Enigma" co-producer,
Frank Peterson. Their
collaboration resulted in a string of successful albums, beginning with
"Dive" (1993), "Fly" (1995) and "Timeless/Time To Say Goodbye" (1997).
Her duet with the Italian tenor,
Andrea Bocelli, "Time To Say
Goodbye", topped charts all over Europe and became the highest and
fastest selling single of all time in Germany. It subsequently became
an international success, selling 12 million copies, worldwide. In the
following years, Brightman released a series of highly personal and
thematic albums: "Eden" (1998), "La Luna" (2000), "Harem" (2003) and
"Symphony" (2008). The "Harem" concert tour grossed over $60 million
and played to 700,000 fans.
Brightman has appeared in several films, including
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008),
and Stephen Evans'
First Night (2010).
She is the first artist to have been invited to perform at two Olympic
games, first at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games and, 16 years later,
in Beijing to an estimated four billion people, worldwide. In 2010, she
was named by Billboard as the fifth most influential and top-selling
classical artist of the 2000s decade in the United States.
heard in arenas, cathedrals, and Olympic stadiums around the world.
Brightman is the winner of more than 180 gold and platinum awards in 40
countries, and is a concert artist who has performed before millions of
fans on every continent.
Brightman began her career as a member of the dance troupe, "Pans
People", before joining Hot Gossip, where she
released several disco hit singles as a solo performer. In 1981, she
made her West End musical theatre debut in "Cats", where she met
composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. She
went on to star in several Broadway musicals, including "The Phantom of
the Opera", where she originated the role of "Christine Daaé".
After a number of successful years on the musical stage, Brightman
decided to resume her solo career with former "Enigma" co-producer,
Frank Peterson. Their
collaboration resulted in a string of successful albums, beginning with
"Dive" (1993), "Fly" (1995) and "Timeless/Time To Say Goodbye" (1997).
Her duet with the Italian tenor,
Andrea Bocelli, "Time To Say
Goodbye", topped charts all over Europe and became the highest and
fastest selling single of all time in Germany. It subsequently became
an international success, selling 12 million copies, worldwide. In the
following years, Brightman released a series of highly personal and
thematic albums: "Eden" (1998), "La Luna" (2000), "Harem" (2003) and
"Symphony" (2008). The "Harem" concert tour grossed over $60 million
and played to 700,000 fans.
Brightman has appeared in several films, including
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008),
and Stephen Evans'
First Night (2010).
She is the first artist to have been invited to perform at two Olympic
games, first at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games and, 16 years later,
in Beijing to an estimated four billion people, worldwide. In 2010, she
was named by Billboard as the fifth most influential and top-selling
classical artist of the 2000s decade in the United States.