Why Sarah Brightman rocks my socks.......
Mar. 19th, 2005 09:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poltr1Many of you out there are saying, "Who? Who's Sarah Brightman? Never heard of her."
Sarah started her career in musical theatre. She had a minor role in "Cats". She's best known as the original "Christine" in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera", in both the London and Broadway casts. She was married to Andrew Lloyd Webber for six years, until the demands of both their careers put an end the marriage. Although divorced, they're still on friendly terms, and they still work together a lot.
In the late 1980s/early 1990s, she branched out into popular music.
Remember the Electric Light Orchestra's song "Rockaria!" from "A New World Record"? It was about an opera singer who also sang rock and roll music. This could very easily describe Sarah. On her solo albums, her repertoire goes from classic opera to cover versions of rock n' roll songs (Whiter Shade Of Pale, Dust In The Wind). She has quite a vocal range (3 octaves), which can easily go from a delicate soprano to a powerful operatic mezzo-soprano.
I first heard of Sarah through![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mariasmom. We were channel-surfing on night when I came across the local PBS station airing her "La Luna" concert. (Pledge week, don't you know?) R recognized her and said, "Hold it right there!" I did so, watched for a few minutes, and was mesmerized....and captivated. Apparently R had heard of her, since she's more into the arts than I am. So we bought the CD, and gradually filled out our collection. A live CD from her Harem tour stop in Las Vegas was released last fall, which I borrowed from the library earlier this month. It's now on R's birthday "wish list", among other things.
I'd say Sarah has done a lot to make opera music more accessible to the average music listener, much to the consternation of opera fans out there. Example: "It's A Beautiful Day" (track 3 from "Harem") begins with "Un bel di" from Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly". The first verse is the original Italian; the second verse is in English. The instrumentation is updated, featuring an orchestra augmented with guitars, electronic keyboards, and percussion. This is the type of orchestra I've dreamed about for years. (Yes, this was done by the Moody Blues, ELP, and Rick Wakeman before this, and many pit orchestras for musical shows. The score for "Cats" originally specified two Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synthesizers for its arrangements.)
It's hard to believe that such a strong voice can come out of such a petite woman. She's definintely in touch with her inner goddess. This is apparent through her various costumes, alluring poses, her long beautiful hair, and her inner and outer radiance. And to me, that's beautiful....and sexy.
The official Sarah Brightman web site at sarah-brightman.com.
And here's a British Sarah Brightman web site.
Sarah started her career in musical theatre. She had a minor role in "Cats". She's best known as the original "Christine" in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera", in both the London and Broadway casts. She was married to Andrew Lloyd Webber for six years, until the demands of both their careers put an end the marriage. Although divorced, they're still on friendly terms, and they still work together a lot.
In the late 1980s/early 1990s, she branched out into popular music.
Remember the Electric Light Orchestra's song "Rockaria!" from "A New World Record"? It was about an opera singer who also sang rock and roll music. This could very easily describe Sarah. On her solo albums, her repertoire goes from classic opera to cover versions of rock n' roll songs (Whiter Shade Of Pale, Dust In The Wind). She has quite a vocal range (3 octaves), which can easily go from a delicate soprano to a powerful operatic mezzo-soprano.
I first heard of Sarah through
mariasmom. We were channel-surfing on night when I came across the local PBS station airing her "La Luna" concert. (Pledge week, don't you know?) R recognized her and said, "Hold it right there!" I did so, watched for a few minutes, and was mesmerized....and captivated. Apparently R had heard of her, since she's more into the arts than I am. So we bought the CD, and gradually filled out our collection. A live CD from her Harem tour stop in Las Vegas was released last fall, which I borrowed from the library earlier this month. It's now on R's birthday "wish list", among other things.I'd say Sarah has done a lot to make opera music more accessible to the average music listener, much to the consternation of opera fans out there. Example: "It's A Beautiful Day" (track 3 from "Harem") begins with "Un bel di" from Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly". The first verse is the original Italian; the second verse is in English. The instrumentation is updated, featuring an orchestra augmented with guitars, electronic keyboards, and percussion. This is the type of orchestra I've dreamed about for years. (Yes, this was done by the Moody Blues, ELP, and Rick Wakeman before this, and many pit orchestras for musical shows. The score for "Cats" originally specified two Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synthesizers for its arrangements.)
It's hard to believe that such a strong voice can come out of such a petite woman. She's definintely in touch with her inner goddess. This is apparent through her various costumes, alluring poses, her long beautiful hair, and her inner and outer radiance. And to me, that's beautiful....and sexy.
The official Sarah Brightman web site at sarah-brightman.com.
And here's a British Sarah Brightman web site.
