She began her career as a member of the television dance troupe, Hot Gossip and released several successful disco hit singles as a solo performer. In 1981 Sarah made her West End musical theatre debut in Cats and met composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
He was married to his first wife, Sarah Hugill, from 1971 to 1983. His second wife, English soprano Sarah Brightman, he met in 1981 when she joined the cast of Cats. In 1986, he wrote the role of Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera for her. They married in 1984, but were separated by 1990.
Brightman starred as Christine Daaé in Lloyd Webber's adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera. The role of Christine was written specifically for her. Lloyd Webber refused to open The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway unless Brightman played Christine.
International singing superstar, Sarah Brightman is the world's biggest selling Soprano. She pioneered the classical crossover music movement and is famed for possessing a vocal range of over 3 octaves. Sarah is the only artist to have simultaneously topped the Billboard dance and classical music charts.
Vitas. Vitas is a Russian-Ukrainian artist with an impressive 7-octave vocal range. He became best known in the world through the song The 7th Element, which went viral on YouTube a couple of years ago.
Storms' Guinness World Record for the Lowest Note Produced by a Human is 0.189 Hz, set in 2012; he has a separate record for Greatest Vocal Range For Any Human, which is about 10 octaves, but does not include the 2 octave extension of the low frequency record set in 2012.
Sarah Brightman has sung in many languages, including English, Spanish, French, Latin, German, Turkish, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Catalan.
Brightman starred as Christine Daaé in Lloyd Webber's adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera on October 1986. Once again, the role of Christine was written specifically for her.
Two years later, when Lloyd Webber fully realized Brightman's prowess as a singer, he also fell in love with her and proposed during a romantic vacation — despite the fact that both were married to other people. But after their divorces were finalized in March 1984, the couple secretly married.
In a 1971 interview with The New York Times, Lloyd Webber said he is an agnostic. He also said he views Jesus as "one of the great figures of history". He is a lifelong supporter of London-based football club Leyton Orient F.C., just like his younger brother Julian.
International singing superstar, Sarah Brightman is the world's biggest selling Soprano. She pioneered the classical crossover music movement and is famed for possessing a vocal range of over 3 octaves. Sarah is the only artist to have simultaneously topped the Billboard dance and classical music charts.
Born and raised in Berkhamsted, England, Sarah began singing and dancing at the age of three. She began her career as a member of the television dance troupe, Hot Gossip and released several successful disco hit singles as a solo performer.
Alex Brightman (no relation, repeat: no relation) was born in 1987 to an American mother also named Brightman in Saratoga, Calif., who worked at a dialysis clinic. Still, Brightman and “The Boss” have enjoyed toying with the press' fascination with the name.
How many children did Andrew Lloyd Webber have with Sarah Brightman?
He then wed soprano Sarah Brightman, who later starred as the lead in his 'Phantom of the Opera,' in 1984 and divorced her six years later. They did not have any children together, however, with his next wife, Madeleine Gurdon, Andrew added three more children to the brood: Alastair, William and Isabella.
Brightman is the oldest of six children of businessman Grenville Geoffrey Brightman (1934 –1992) and Paula Brightman. She was raised Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. At age three, she began taking dance and piano classes and went on to perform in local festivals and competitions.
Then, there are those of musicians from the pop world. While David Bowie and Freddie Mercury both had ranges spanning four octaves, Prince could hit a gobsmacking B6.
