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I'm officially a late middle aged homosexual
I really enjoy her records especially EDEN and HAREM.






... Thoughts?
 
The Eden album cover is (almost) Enya-esque.
Is SU-Clare gone again? I wanted an opinion on how UGLY it was. :(

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I'm a fan. I love how low-key batshit her career has been. She could have dined out quite happily on stuffy classical and stage musical stuff for life, but instead she makes these weird techno-flavoured and world music albums that occasionally shift big numbers in Europe.


The Windows 95 graphics on this noted German top 20 smash :D



Mysterious Days and Harem are both certified BOPS





And of course this slightly demented lyrical miracle

 
Got my tickets for SB in SB :disco:

My date is like 9 months away so hopefully nothing gets in the way of it going ahead. Should be fine, it’s not like Sarah has ever made a commitment to something huge and backed out before
 
I've never seen Sunset Boulevard on stage, which is perhaps silly, as the movie is amongst my all time favourites.

I'll be WELL up for this if it transfers to London, though.
 
I saw a touring version of it about 20 years ago I guess, starring FAITH BROWN :D
 
London's got Sunset Boulevard with The Other Queen Nic playing right now, so the chances of this transferring are slim to none.
 
Sheena said:
OH!

Well maybe SOMEDAY
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Stranger things have have happened!

Nicole's only on until January and Sarah B doing this would be undoubtedly be a big enough draw for a limited run. It would be wallet-destroying though - Scherzinger's show is pricey enough as it is :D
 
Anyway, I do love me some Sarah Brightman, though more her musical theatre stuff than her crossover albums. "Encore" is a good compilation of some rarer musical songs and both volumes of the Andrew Lloyd Webber songs showcase some of his lesser known output, alongside with the inevitable creaky classics.

I'd love to see her do I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper live. You just know she's SELL IT to the HILT :disco:
 
Nine months later I finally saw mother in SB and she was fantastic! I get the feeling the production itself was pretty standard, and she doesn’t have the power in her voice that other Normas have had, but she still did a really good job and I was just dazzled to be in her presence

Plus, all the big stars were in attendance - I saw BUMPA LOVE during intermission!
 
Some of the critics have NOT been as KIND to Ms Brightman as our Marilyn. She doesn't look right in the role to me at all, but I'd still be rushing to see it if I lived down under:

www.broadwayworld.com

Review Roundup: SUNSET BOULEVARD Led By Sarah Brightman in Australia

Sarah Brightman is leading an all new Australian production of Sunset Boulevard, now running at Melbourne's Princess Theatre followed by a season at the Sydney Opera House from August 28. Read the reviews for Sunset Boulevard here!
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After the stripped back modern madness of Scherzy's version, this is clearly a traditional all-the-trimmings, your-nan-would-love-this production:



Strange how they barely feature her vox at all here :side-eye:
 
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Truth is, Brightman’s long hiatus from musical theatre has diminished her theatrical skills, and vocal stylings that work like a charm in the recording studio don’t always translate well to the stage. Humour, pathos, menace: these are the notes you’ve got to hit as Norma Desmond, an ageing silent film star and classic femme fatale. And if few musical notes are beyond Brightman – who’s renowned for her three-octave range – her vocals here are so operatic, and resort to such heavy vibrato, that you sometimes can’t make out the lyrics.


OUCH
 
I've become QUITE OBSESSED with all of this. Ms Brightman now hasn't performed in two weeks, with Opera Australia yet to give any answers about what's going on, and it now being rumoured that she's even left the country :disco:

The whole Sydney run is still to come, and for the remainder of the Melbourne run they've dropped all tickets to £38 to try and shift them.

DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK etc etc

(Source: https://theatreboard.co.uk/thread/11161/sunset-boulevard-australia-sarah-brightman?page=10 )
 
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