Profile of Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer.Brightman debuted as a dancer in troupes such as Hot Gossip and later released a string of disco singles. She achieved greater fame as a musical theatre performer and partner of theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom she originated several roles including Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. Her 1984 marriage to Lloyd Webber, which ended in 1990 in divorce, attracted tabloid coverage. After her divorce, Brightman became a crossover artist with former Enigma producer Frank Peterson. Her style, a blend of classical vocals and pop-inspired instrumentation and arrangement, earned her further success. Brightman has received over 150 Gold and Platinum awards in 34 countries and is the only artist to hold #1 spots on the Billboard Classical and Dance charts simultaneously. She has sold over 26 million albums worldwide. Brightman released a DVD collection of her music videos on 3 October 2006 under the title of Diva: The Video Collection. Diva: The Singles Collection is the accompanying CD, released on the same date. The album marked the first time Brightman has released a greatest hits album in the United States; it reached #1 on the Billboard Classical Crossover chart. (Classics, from 2001, featured seven new recordings in addition to the previously-released material, and her other reflective offering, The Best of 1990-2000, was a European-only release. Brightman was one of the artists featured on the January 2007 series of the prime time BBC One show Just the Two of Us, partnered with English cricketer Mark Butcher. The pair finished the competition in third place. Subsequent appearances include the Concert For Diana in July 2007, where she sung "All I Ask of You" from The Phantom of the Opera with Josh Groban; the 7 July, 2007 Chinese leg of Live Earth in Shanghai, where she performed four songs ("Nessun Dorma", "La Luna", "Nella Fantasia" and "Time to Say Goodbye") and debuted her single "Running" at the 2007 IAAF Championships in Osaka, Japan on 25 August. She also participated at the 2007 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, where she performed "The Journey Home" on the Jolly Polly Pirate Ship.She recorded a duet with Anne Murray singing "Snowbird" on Murray's 2007 album Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends. On 29 January, 2008, Brightman released her first album in five years: Symphony, influenced by gothic music. Featured on the album are artists Fernando Lima, Andrea Bocelli, and KISS vocalist Paul Stanley, who duets with Brightman on "I Will Be With You", the album version of the theme song to the 10th Pokémon motion picture, The Rise of Darkrai. To accompany Symphony, Brightman will embark on a tour in fall 2008. Brightman made several appearances on U.S. television to promote Symphony, including Fashion on Ice on NBC on 12 January, The View on 30 January, Martha on 31 January and Fox and Friends on the Fox News Channel.

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You are bidding on Four new exclusive Set 2 Candid photos of Sarah Brightman taken at The Classical Brit Awards at a undisclosed London Location on Thursday 8th May 2008 when they were signing for fans and professional dealers. Please take into account that if you win this auction you are only buying the photos and DO NOT have permission or rights from myself to reproduce or copy the photos in any way. I have spent many hours at various events and premiers in order to take these photos for other genuine fans and collectors to enjoy so please respect that. All the photos come directly from the original negatives so you will receive the best quality prints possible. There are no textual words on the developed photos and the quality of the real photos is much better than that of the scanned images on this page. The photos come in 6x4 size. Please check them out below.

 

 

 

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