Sarah brightman video biography of queen victoria

PERSONAL

Born August 14, 1960, in Berkhamsted, Hertforshire (near London), England; daughter of Grenville (a real estate developer) and Paula (a dancer; maiden name, Hall) Brightman; married Andrew Graham Stewart (a band manager), 1978 (divorced, September, 1983); married Andrew Lloyd Webber (a composer), March 22, 1984 (divorced, June, 1990). Education: Studied at Elmhurst Ballet School and Arts Education School, London. Avocational Interests: Driving, swimming, writing.

Career:

Actress, singer, and producer. Performer with the rock music group Hot Gossip, 1970s; performed at Metropolitan Opera, New York City, Waldbuehne, Berlin, and Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow; toured Japan with Placido Domingo; toured U.S. cities, 1999, 2001.

Awards, Honors:

Grammy Award nomination, best new classical artist, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 1985, for Requiem; Drama Desk Award nomination, best actress in a musical, 1988, for The Phantom of the Opera; German Echo Award nominations, best female artist, 1996, 1997, 1999; RSH Gold Award, best female artist, 1996; Special Golden Lion Award (with others), Royal Television Society, 1997; Echo Award, best song, 1998, for "Time to Say Goodbye "; German Golden Lion Award, best live performance, 1998; Goldene Europa Award, best female artist, 1998; Taiwanese Grammy Award, best selling record, 1998, for Timeless; Hand in Hand Award, UNESCO, 1998; Czech Grammy Award, singer of the year, 1999; New Age Voice Music Award, best vocal album, 2001; Arabian Music Award (with Kazim Al Saher), best collaboration, 2004, for "The War Is Over"; Arabian Music Award, best female artist, 2004; New York Film Festival Prize, music documentary category, 2005, for Harem—A Desert Fantasy; numerous platinum and gold records from all around the world.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

(Stage debut) Victoria, I and Albert, West End production, 1973.

Jemimah, Cats (musical), New London Theatre, London, 1981.

Titl

"How far can I see? 10 miles? 20? We can't see the glaciers from the desert or the seabed from the mountain peak. We'll never meet all the 7 billion people that walk the earth, but we know they are there. We are prepared to believe what we cannot see. But we can see the moon and the sun, not 20 miles but 93 million miles away. And an endless veil of stars, so distant it questions our belief. Our dreams take us to places we'll never reach and open doors into other worlds and windows into ourselves. The journey to the stars may be as close to a dream as reality may take me. It is clear as I will see the beauty of the universe, I will see deeper inside myself, closer to my dreams. I am not a dreamer -- I am a dreamchaser."

- Sarah Brightman's Dreamchaser monologue

Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossoversoprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She has sung in many languages which are English, Spanish, French, Latin, German, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Occitan.

Brightman 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 West End musical theatre debut in Cats and met composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, whom she married. She went on to star in several West End and 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 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 often credited as the creator of this genre and remains among the most prominent performers, with worldwide sales of more than 30 million re

British soprano (born 1960)

Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossoversoprano singer and actress.

Brightman 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 West End musical theatre debut in Cats and met composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, whom she later married. She went on to star in several West End and Broadway musicals, including The Phantom of the Opera, where she originated the role of Christine Daaé. Her original London cast album of Phantom was released in CD format in 1987 and sold 40 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-selling cast album ever.

After retiring from stage acting and divorcing Lloyd Webber, Brightman resumed her music career with former Enigma producer Frank Peterson, this time as a classical crossover artist. She has been credited as the creator and remains among the most prominent performers of this genre, with worldwide sales of more than 25 million albums and two million DVDs, establishing herself as the world's best-selling soprano.

Brightman's 1996 duet with the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, "Time to Say Goodbye", topped the charts all over Europe and became the highest and fastest-selling single of all time in Germany, where it stayed at the top of the charts for 14 consecutive weeks and sold over three million copies. It subsequently became an international success, selling 12 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all-time. She has collected over 200 gold and platinum record awards in 38 countries. In 2010, she was named by Billboard the fifth most influential and best-selling classical artist of the 2000s decade in the US and according to Nielsen SoundScan, she has sold 6.5

Queen Victoria has been portrayed or referenced many times.

Literature

In 1937 Lord Chamberlain the Earl of Cromer ruled that no British sovereign may be portrayed on the British stage until 100 years after his or her accession. For this reason, Laurence Housman's play Victoria Regina (1935), which had earlier appeared at the Gate Theatre Studio in London with Pamela Stanley in the title role, could not have its British premiere until the centenary of Queen Victoria's accession, 20 June 1937. This was a Sunday, so the new premiere took place the next day, at the Lyric Theatre. Pamela Stanley reprised the title role at Housman's request, and Carl Esmond played Prince Albert. The play later appeared on Broadway, where Helen Hayes portrayed the Queen, with Vincent Price in the role of Prince Albert.

Vaughan Wilkins' novel And So-Victoria (1937) focuses on Victoria's life.

Queen Victoria appears in Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's graphic novelFrom Hell, where she is depicted as instigating the Whitechapel murders.

A Royal Diaries book was written, documenting her childhood between 1829 and 1830: Victoria, May Blossom of Britannia by Anna Kirwan.

The Victorian age is experienced through the eyes of the fictional Morland family in The Abyss, The Hidden Shore, The Winter Journey, The Outcast, The Mirage, The Cause, The Homecoming and The Question, Volumes 18–25 respectively of The Morland Dynasty, a series of historical novels by author Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. One of the characters becomes Victoria's devoted lady-in-waiting.

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles also wrote I Victoria, a fictional autobiography of Queen Victoria.

There is a Sanskrit poem named Cakravarttini gunamanimala, written by T. Ganapati Sastri on Queen Victoria.

Another Sanskrit poem, titled Victoria Carita Sangraha, was written by scholar Keralavarman on the occasion of the Golden J