Sarah Brightman

Known for ActingBorn 1960-08-14 (age 65)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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Yoshiki: Under the Sky

Andrea Bocelli - Une nuit en Toscane

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song & Dance

Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out

Sarah Brightman: Dreamchaser In Concert

Sarah Brightman: In Concert

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

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

Sarah Brightman: Symphony - Live In Vienna

American Dream: Andrea Bocelli's Statue of Liberty Concert

Ready, Steady, Cook

Andrea Bocelli - Vivere Live in Tuscany

Musikladen

Andrea Bocelli - A Night in Tuscany

Concert for Diana

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration

Ride the Wind

Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai

Tigerenten Club

Geld oder Liebe

Sarah Brightman: One Night In Eden - Live In Concert

Sarah Brightman: La Luna - Live in Concert

Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Sarah Brightman: Harem - A Desert Fantasy

Top of the Pops

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Great Performances

Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask

Sarah Brightman: Diva - The Video Collection

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

The Heaven and Earth Show

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

First Night

Die Giovanni Zarrella Show

Sarah Brightman: A Christmas Symphony

Sarah Brightman: HYMN In Concert

The Story of Musicals

Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade

Starnacht am Wörthersee

Show Palast

A Gala Christmas in Vienna

Musik für Sie

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore

ECHO-Verleihung

Musik liegt in der Luft

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem

The Cannon & Ball Show