Cast & creator
Sarah Brightman
Best known for Top of the Pops, Great Performances, Ready, Steady, Cook
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.
Also known as: Gregorian
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film credits
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television credits
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1964–2023 · acting roles
7.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (54)
Showing 54 of 54 credits
Top of the Pops
1964
Great Performances
Self
1971
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
1994
Ride the Wind
Self
2020
Tigerenten Club
self
1996The Heaven and Earth Show
1998
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self
1980Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
Self
2004ECHO-Verleihung
Self
1992
Musikladen
Self
1972Musik liegt in der Luft
Self - Singer
1991Musik für Sie
self
1995
Geld oder Liebe
Self
1989
Die Giovanni Zarrella Show
Self
2021
The Cannon & Ball Show
Self
1979Starnacht am Wörthersee
Self
2000
Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
Songs
2007
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
Christine - Original Cast: Finale
2011
The Story of Musicals
Self (archive footage)
2012
Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
Self
1988
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Blind Mag
2008Show Palast
Self
1999
Song & Dance
Young Woman (Emma)
1984Andrea Bocelli - Une nuit en Toscane
Self
1998
A Musical Christmas from the Vatican
Self
2001
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration
Self - Performer
1998
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
Self
2008
Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask
Self - "Christine Daaé" - Original Cast
2006
Concert for Diana
Self
2007
Andrea Bocelli - A Night in Tuscany
Self - Singer
1997
Andrea Bocelli - Live In Tuscany
Self
2007
The Phantom of the Opera
Christine Daaé
1988
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore
Self
1992
Sarah Brightman: In Concert
Self
1998
Yoshiki: Under the Sky
Self
2023
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
Sarah Brightman
2009
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem
1986
First Night
Celia
2010
American Dream: Andrea Bocelli's Statue of Liberty Concert
Self - Performer
2001
Sarah Brightman: La Luna - Live in Concert
Herself
2001Sarah Brightman: La Luna - Live in Concert
Executive Producer
2001
A Gala Christmas in Vienna
Self
1998
Sarah Brightman: A Christmas Symphony
2020Sarah Brightman: A Christmas Symphony
Executive Producer
2020
Sarah Brightman: Harem - A Desert Fantasy
2004
Sarah Brightman: The Harem World Tour - Live From Las Vegas
Herself
2004Sarah Brightman: The Harem World Tour - Live From Las Vegas
Executive Producer
2004Sarah Brightman: The Harem World Tour - Live From Las Vegas
Author
2004
Sarah Brightman: Symphony - Live In Vienna
Self
2008
Sarah Brightman: HYMN In Concert
Self
2018
Sarah Brightman: One Night In Eden - Live In Concert
Herself
1999
Sarah Brightman: Dreamchaser In Concert
Herself
2013
Sarah Brightman: Diva - The Video Collection
Herself
2006