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Sarah Brightman
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
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 a…
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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.
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2023
Yoshiki: Under the Sky
Movie Self
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2021
Die Giovanni Zarrella Show
TV show Self
- 2020
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2020
Ride the Wind
TV show Self
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2018
Sarah Brightman: HYMN In Concert
Movie Self
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2013
Sarah Brightman: Dreamchaser In Concert
Movie Herself
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2012
The Story of Musicals
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2011
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
Movie Christine - Original Cast: Finale
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2010
First Night
Movie Celia
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2009
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
Movie Sarah Brightman
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2008
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
Movie Self
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2008
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Movie Blind Mag
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2008
Sarah Brightman: Symphony - Live In Vienna
Movie Self
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2007
Andrea Bocelli - Live In Tuscany
Movie Self
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2007
Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
Movie Songs
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2007
Concert for Diana
Movie Self
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2006
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
Movie Self - "Christine Daaé" - Original Cast
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2006
Sarah Brightman: Diva - The Video Collection
Movie Herself
- 2004
- 2004
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2004
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
TV show Self
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2001
A Musical Christmas from the Vatican
Movie Self
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2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV show Self - Guest
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2001
American Dream: Andrea Bocelli's Statue of Liberty Concert
Movie Self - Performer
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2001
Sarah Brightman: La Luna - Live in Concert
Movie Herself
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2000
Starnacht am Wörthersee
TV show Self
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1999
Sarah Brightman: One Night In Eden - Live In Concert
Movie Herself
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1999
Show Palast
TV show Self
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1998
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
Movie Self
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1998
The Heaven and Earth Show
TV show
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1998
Andrea Bocelli - Une nuit en Toscane
Movie Self
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1998
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
Movie Self - Performer
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1998
Sarah Brightman: In Concert
Movie Self
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1997
Andrea Bocelli - A Night in Tuscany
Movie Self - Singer
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1996
Tigerenten Club
TV show self
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1995
Musik für Sie
TV show self
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1994
Ready, Steady, Cook
TV show Self - Guest
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1992
ECHO-Verleihung
TV show Self
- 1992
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1991
Musik liegt in der Luft
TV show Self - Singer
