Sarah Brightman

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My love for sarah brightman is astounding. Shes an older woman and still looks beautiful, she has the voice of a goddess, and she appears on one of my favorite movies Repo the genetic opera.



this biography was taken from her site.





Biography



by Siew May Chin



Everything about Sarah Brightman is multi-dimensional. Her penchant for fusing musical genres. Her multi-faceted voice. Her contrasting personas. Is it any wonder then that the life and career of this multi-platinum artist is equally colorful and intriguing?



Very often, fans of Sarah's latest works are surprised to learn of her illustrious past in Andrew Lloyd Webber productions on Broadway and the West End. Conversely, those who remember her landmark role in Phantom of the Opera find themselves marveling at the exciting direction that her career has taken in the decade since her departure from musical theatre. Hardcore Sarah fans, no doubt, are well aware that her singing career began with chart-topping success in the disco era, with a dancing career that extended all the way back to her childhood.



Here then is a biography offering insight into the fascinating life and prolific career of Sarah Brightman, and the influences that shaped one of this generation's most glorious voices.



Sarah Brightman was born an entertainer. From the tender age of three, she was dancing at festivals in her hometown of Berkhamsted, a sleepy market town outside of London. By age five, she was performing up to four routines and winning them all.



It was her ballet teacher, an examiner for the Royal Academy of Ballet, who made her parents aware that Sarah was unusually gifted. As such, Sarah’s show business aspirations were regarded not as childhood fantasy, but as precocious ambition, deserving of regard and nurture.





Despite severe bouts of homesickness, she enrolled in a performing arts boarding school at age eleven and was well on the way to furthering her dreams at that pre-pubescent age.



As a child, Sarah was exposed to an eclectic assortment of music, for hers was a household where Tom Jones and Tchaikovsky got equal billing and airtime. Sarah was just as happy twirling around in the kitchen to psychedelic pop as she was executing ballet maneuvers to serious classical movements.



It is perhaps not surprising that decades later, Sarah Brightman would break musical ground by fusing seemingly incongruous genres; gliding seamlessly between pop and classical, dance and trip-hop, Gregorian chants and Eastern refrains. Even her gravitation towards Gregorian chants can be traced back to her years of singing in Berkhamsted's church choir.







Scarcely two lines into her song at the Cats audition, Sarah was stopped short and told that she had earned a personal meeting with Andrew Lloyd Webber at his home. The next day, an aide called and summoned Sarah to Andrew's flat.



The Cats audition had called for performers who regarded themselves as “unusual.” Sarah rather ostensibly fit the bill, arriving in conservative Belgravia flamboyantly attired in aquamarine and crowned in a blue mohican hairstyle. Her rendition of “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” followed by “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina,” visibly impressed Andrew who promptly arranged for a series of further auditions with Trevor Nunn.



Months lapsed, however, before Sarah finally got the news that she had been offered a role in Cats. Some year later, Gillian Lynne, the choreographer for Cats (appearing on This Is Your Life, a British celebrity-tribute show honoring Sarah) remarked:



She danced with such sensuality and determination. Nobody taught Sarah her guts. In Cats, everyone kept hurting themselves because it was difficult... and Sarah kept putting her neck out. I'd say, "Do you think you should do the Jellicle Ball... all twelve minutes of it... again?" And she'd say, "Yes, I’m not going to sit down, I’m not going to sit down." And so she'd dance, with her head cocked to one side in pain.







he next installment of the Sarah Brightman biography is being lived right now, by the great lady herself. We will unveil this installment at a later date.