Sarah Brightman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

47

Gender

Female

Birthday

1960-08-14 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England

Sarah Brightman

Biography

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.

Known For

  • Top of the Pops

    Top of the Pops

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Ready Steady Cook

    Ready Steady Cook

  • Tigerenten Club

    Tigerenten Club

  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

  • The Heaven and Earth Show

    The Heaven and Earth Show

  • Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

    Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

  • Verstehen Sie Spaß?

    Verstehen Sie Spaß?

  • ECHO-Verleihung

    ECHO-Verleihung

  • Musikladen

    Musikladen

  • Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask

    Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

    Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

  • Musik liegt in der Luft

    Musik liegt in der Luft

  • Repo! The Genetic Opera

    Repo! The Genetic Opera

  • Concert for Diana

    Concert for Diana

  • Yoshiki: Under the Sky

    Yoshiki: Under the Sky

  • Starnacht am Wörthersee

    Starnacht am Wörthersee

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore

    Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore

  • The Cannon & Ball Show

    The Cannon & Ball Show

  • Geld oder Liebe

    Geld oder Liebe

  • First Night

    First Night

  • Repo! The Genetic Opera

    Repo! The Genetic Opera

  • Andrea Bocelli - A Night in Tuscany

    Andrea Bocelli - A Night in Tuscany

  • A Gala Christmas in Vienna

    A Gala Christmas in Vienna

  • Musik für Sie

    Musik für Sie

  • Die Giovanni Zarrella Show

    Die Giovanni Zarrella Show

  • Sarah Brightman: Harem - A Desert Fantasy

    Sarah Brightman: Harem - A Desert Fantasy

  • Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

    Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

  • Andrea Bocelli - Une nuit en Toscane

    Andrea Bocelli - Une nuit en Toscane

  • Sarah Brightman: HYMN In Concert

    Sarah Brightman: HYMN In Concert

  • The Story of Musicals

    The Story of Musicals

  • Sarah Brightman: La Luna - Live in Concert

    Sarah Brightman: La Luna - Live in Concert

  • Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess

    Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess

  • Andrea Bocelli - Vivere Live in Tuscany

    Andrea Bocelli - Vivere Live in Tuscany

  • The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

    The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

  • Sarah Brightman: A Christmas Symphony

    Sarah Brightman: A Christmas Symphony

  • Show Palast

    Show Palast

  • Sarah Brightman: One Night In Eden - Live In Concert

    Sarah Brightman: One Night In Eden - Live In Concert

  • Sarah Brightman: Dreamchaser In Concert

    Sarah Brightman: Dreamchaser In Concert

  • Sarah Brightman: Symphony - Live In Vienna

    Sarah Brightman: Symphony - Live In Vienna

  • Sarah Brightman: The Harem World Tour - Live From Las Vegas

    Sarah Brightman: The Harem World Tour - Live From Las Vegas

  • Sarah Brightman: In Concert

    Sarah Brightman: In Concert

  • Rhythm Divine: The Story of Disco

    Rhythm Divine: The Story of Disco

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song & Dance

    Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song & Dance

  • Sarah Brightman: Diva - The Video Collection

    Sarah Brightman: Diva - The Video Collection

  • American Dream: Andrea Bocelli's Statue of Liberty Concert

    American Dream: Andrea Bocelli's Statue of Liberty Concert

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem

    Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem