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Sarah Brightman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She began her career as a member of the dance troupe Hot Gossip and released several disco singles as a solo performer. In 1981, she made her musical theatre debut in Cats and met composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, whom she married. She went on to star in several Broadway musicals, including The Phantom of the Opera, where she originated the role of Christine Daaé.The Original London Cast Album of the musical was released in CD format in 1987 and sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-selling cast album of all time. After retiring from the stage and divorcing Lloyd Webber, Brightman resumed her music career with former Enigma producer Frank Peterson, this time as a classical crossover artist. She is among the most prominent performers in the genre, with worldwide sales of more than 30 million records and 2 million DVDs. 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 times in Germany, where it stayed at the top of the charts for fourteen consecutive weeks breaking the all-time sales record, with over 3 million copies sold in the country.  and subsequently became an international success with 12 million copies worldwide.  She has now collected over 180 gold and platinum sales awards in 38 different countries. Brightman is the only artist to have been invited twice to perform at the Olympic Games, first at the 1992' Barcelona Olympic Games where she sang "Amigos Para Siempre" with the Spanish tenor Jose Carreras with an estimated global audience of a billion people, and sixteen years later in Beijing, this time with Chinese singer Liu Huan and performing the song "You and Me" to an estimated 4 billion people worldwide. Apart from music, Brightman has begun a film career, making her major debut in Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008), a rock opera-musical film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, And in summer 2009, she completed filming Stephen Evans' "Cosi" or "First Night"  in which she plays the role of a conductor, opposite Richard E. Grant.  In addition, she recently[when?] formed her own production company, Instinct Films, where her first film is in pre-production. Brightman ranks among Britain's music millionaires with a fortune of £30m (about US$49m). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sarah Brightman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Aug 14, 1960 In Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
Movie/TV Credits:
24
First Appeared:
In the series This Is Your Life 1955-07-29
Latest Project:
Movie Yoshiki: Under the Sky 2023-09-08
Known For
Poster of First Night
Poster of Andrea Bocelli - Vivere Live in Tuscany
Poster of American Dream: Andrea Bocelli's Statue of Liberty Concert
Poster of The Heaven and Earth Show
Filmography
Movie Yoshiki: Under the Sky Self 2023-09-08
Movie Sarah Brightman: A Christmas Symphony 2020-12-20
Movie Sarah Brightman: HYMN In Concert Self 2018-11-08
Movie Sarah Brightman: Dreamchaser In Concert Herself 2013-12-15
Movie The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall Herself 2011-09-27
Movie First Night Celia 2010-10-13
Movie Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Sarah Brightman 2009-07-18
Movie Sarah Brightman: Symphony - Live In Vienna Self 2008-03-01
Movie Repo! The Genetic Opera Blind Mag 2008-11-07
Movie Concert for Diana Self 2007-07-01
Movie Andrea Bocelli - Vivere Live in Tuscany Self 2007-12-01
Movie Sarah Brightman: Diva - The Video Collection Herself 2006-01-01
Movie Sarah Brightman: The Harem World Tour - Live From Las Vegas Herself 2004-10-19
Movie Sarah Brightman: Harem - A Desert Fantasy 2004-02-24
Movie Sarah Brightman: La Luna - Live in Concert Herself 2001-01-01
Movie American Dream: Andrea Bocelli's Statue of Liberty Concert Self - Performer 2001-07-05
Series Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Unknown 2001-11-02
Movie Sarah Brightman: In Concert Self 1998-02-01
Movie Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration Sarah Brightman 1998-06-06
Series The Heaven and Earth Show Unknown 1998-09-06
Movie Andrea Bocelli - Une nuit en Toscane Self 1998-07-11
Movie Rhythm Divine - History of Disco Music Self (archive footage) 1992-09-20
Movie Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song & Dance Young Woman (Emma) 1984-08-27
Series This Is Your Life Unknown 1955-07-29