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Sarah Brightman (born 14 August, 1960 in
Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire) is an English
(people)|English soprano and actor|actress. 

Brightman is the oldest of six children.  Her
ambition to be an artist was clear from a very
early age.  She often took ballet lessons and was
an excellent student.  

In 1978 she joined the dance group Pan's People.
She later went on to lead Hot Gossip, a mixed
dance act who appeared regularly on The Kenny
Everett Video Show. The group, who were somewhat
more 'raunchy' than Pan's People, had a
chart-topping disco hit in this year with "I Lost
My Heart To A Starship Trooper", wherein she first
discovered her vocal talents.  

In 1981, Brightman tried out for a role in the
then-new musical Cats (musical)|Cats.  It was
there that she met her future husband, composer
Andrew Lloyd Webber.  She got the part.  Lloyd
Webber divorced his first wife to marry Brightman
in 1984.  She went on to star in a number of his
musicals, including Aspects of Love and The
Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of
the Opera which was written specifically for her. 
Fame as an actress came at a price, however.  The
theatre-goers refused to give Brightman the credit
she felt she deserved, saying that the only reason
for her success was that she was the wife of Lloyd
Webber.  The two divorced in 1990, but relations
have remained cordial.  

In 1991, Brightman met her future producer and
boyfriend, Frank Peterson.  With Peterson's help,
Brightman would become an international star. 
Their first collaboration on a major label release
(with A&M records) was Dive (1993), a water themed
pop album featuring the hit 'Captain Nemo'.  The
album was far from a flop, but its success was
small compared to achievements soon to come.

Fly (1995), a pop/rock album, propelled Sarah
Brightman to fame in Europe with the hit 'A
Question of Honour'.  The song was introduced at
the World Boxing Championship match of
Germany|Germans Henry Maske and Graciano
Rocchigiani and featured a compelling mix of dance
music, rock elements, classical strings, and
Brightman's operatic vocals from 'La Wally'.  

Between Fly and her next album, a single song
catapulted Sarah onto the world stage.  'Time to
Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro)' was the second
Brightman song debuted for Maske, this time at his
retirement match.  This fully classical-styled
duet with tenor Andrea Bocelli sold more than 4
million copies in Germany alone, the biggest
selling single there to date, and a bestseller in
numerous other countries.  This triumph gave Sarah
the confidence to fully take on the challenges
that classical music and opera had to offer.

Timeless (1997) contained the worldwide phenomenon
'Time to Say Goodbye' and other classically
inspired tracks such as "Just Show Me How To Love
You" (with José Cura), a cover of the
Queen_%28band%29|Queen hit "Who Wants to Live
Forever", and "Tu Quieres Volver", originally by
the Gipsy Kings, made this album one of her most
popular.

While Brightman's capabilities as a pop and later
as a classical singer would bring her some renown,
it was her inspired creative partnership with
Frank Peterson on subsequent albums that have and
continue to cement her worldwide success.   The
vocal-electronic sound of Enigma (musical
project)|Enigma, with whom Peterson started his
career, has been expanded to become a distinct
meld of classical, pop, and electronic
sensibilities. Brightman's mega-selling albums
Eden (1998), La Luna (2000), and Harem (2003)
represent the successive incarnations of this
Brightman-Peterson formula.  The subsequent, and
ever larger scale live tours for each of these
albums have successfully incorporated the
theatricality of Sarah Brightman's stage origins
to please audiences.


==Stage credits==
===Musicals===
*I And Albert (as Vicky and street waif), 1973
Picadilly Theatre, London 
*Cats (musical)|Cats (as Jemima), 1981 New London
Theatre
*The Pirates of Penzance (as Kate), 1982
*Masquerade (musical)|Masquerade (as Tara
Treetops), 1982
*Nightingale (as Nightingale), 1982 Buxton
Festival and the Lyric, Hammersmith
*Carousel (musical)|Carousel (as Carrie
Pipperidge), 1987
*Requiem (musical)|Requiem (as Herself), 1985 New
York and London
*The Merry Widow (as Valencienne), 1985
*The Phantom of the Opera (musical)|The Phantom of
the Opera (as Christine Daaé), 1986 Her Majesty's
Theatre London, 1988 Broadway
*Aspects of Love (as Rose Vibert), 1990

===Plays===
*Trelawny of the Wells (as Rose Trelawney), 1992
*Relative Values (as Miranda), 1993 Chichester
Festival and Savoy Theatre
*Dangerous Obsession (as Sally Driscoll), 1994
*The Innocents (as Miss Giddens), 1995 Haymarket,
London


==Discography==
===Singles===
*"I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper" (1978)
*"The Adventures of a Love Crusader" (1979)
*"Love In A UFO" (1979)
*"My Boyfriend's Back" (1981)
*"Not Having That!" (1981)
*"Him" (1983)
*"Rhythm of the Rain" (1983)
*"A Room With A View" (1987)
*The Second Element (1993)
===Cast Recordings===
*Nightingale - Original London Cast (1983)
*Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem - Placido
Domingo|Domingo, Brightman, English Chamber
Orchestra|ECO, Lorin Maazel|Maazel (1985)
*The Phantom of the Opera - Original London Cast
(1986)
*Carousel - Studio Cast (1987)

===Albums===
*The Trees They Grow So High (also known as Early
One Morning, 1988) 
*The Songs That Got Away (1989)  
*As I Came of Age (1990) 
*Sings the Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber (1992) 
*Dive (Sarah Brightman album)|Dive (1993) 
*Surrender (1995) 
*Fly (1995) 
*Timeless (also known as Time To Say Goodbye,
1996) 
*The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection (1997) 
*Eden (album)|Eden (1998) 
*La Luna (2000)
*Fly II (2000)  
*Classics (2001)
*The Very Best of 1990-2000 (2001) 
*Encore (2002)
*Harem (album)|Harem (2003)
*Live From Las Vegas (2004)

==Filmography==
*Song and Dance (1983)....as Emma
*Requiem (1985 musical)|Requiem (1985)....as
Soprano
*The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The
Phantom of the Opera (1991)....as Christine Daae
*The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (1995)....as
Herself
*A Gala Christmas in Vienna (1997)....as Herself
*Sarah Brightman In Concert (1998)....as Herself
*One Night In Eden (1998)....as Herself
*Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall
Celebration (1998)....as Herself
*Rosamunde Pilcher - Zeit der Erkenntnis
(2000)....as Herself
*Sarah Brightman: La Luna: Live In Concert
(2001)....as Herself
*Harem: A Desert Fantasy (2003)....as Herself
*Live From Las Vegas (2004)....as Herself

==See also==
*List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US
Dance chart

==External links==
*imdb name | id=0109208 | name=Sarah Brightman
*http://sarah-brightman.com Official Sarah
Brightman Website
*http://www.besaid.com/sarah Eden :: A Sarah
Brightman Fansite
*http://www.sarahbrightman.co.uk Sarah Brightman's
World
*http://clubs.pathfinder.gr/sarah The Angel of
Music