My wife (and 5 of her friends) want me to go with her to see Sarah Brightman. I've never heard her before but I know I've seen posts in the Forum about her and can't remember if they're positive or negative. Seems to me that Vuk didn't like her but Mike Hanson did.
She plopped a review in front of me that is the headliner of the Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine section titled "Maharanee of the night". Some quotes in the article are "self styled goddess of the moon", "Sarah Brightman's tresses and radiant hazel eyes suggest a sanctified barbie doll", "ethereal echo chamber into infinity orchestrations", "Brightman doesn't just sing. In the Puccini aria Nessun dorma, she wears a fabric train 50 feet long and she serenades the moon. She also flies. In One Night in Eden, one sequence turned the stage into something resembling a giant aquarium, with sheer scrims, moody lighting, and the singer suspended by wires like a mermaid"
More quotes: "What eventually came about crosses grand opera with Cirque du Soleil"
" Brightman brings a legitimately trained operatic voice filtered through a pop sensibility"
The reviewer goes on to say that her real appeal begins and ends with her voice.
A few years back my wife drove to Pittsburgh to pick up five friends, then drove to Toronto to see Phantom of the Opera. She brought back a 3 CD set of A Lloyd Webber which I have suffered with ever since (it did have pretty good production values though). It declared A. Lloyd Webber as the "greatest songwriter of the century". As I understand it, Sarah Brightman was married to Webber for a while and picked up in his Phantom of the Opera style.
Am I being set up here?, or am I missing something?
Seems to me like It'd be going to see Stevie Nicks singing like Kate Bush doing a Kabuki theater with Peter Pan theatrics thrown in for good measure.
Arthur By
Posted on: 01 October 2000 by P
Art
Yes , you're being set up, and , no you're not missing anything, and, as a parting shot, please do not! mention this to anyone who may have some semblance of what may purport to be considered cool!
Regards P. self imposed arbiter of common sense
Posted on: 10 October 2000 by Mick P
Arthur
First of all I confess to being in a very grumpy mood after returning back to this wet and miserable climate after two weeks in the sun. Therefore if my comments offend the peasants who criticised Miss Sarah Brightman......tough.
Arthur.....Sarah has a beautiful voice, not only did she captivate audiences during her acclaimed performances in Phantom of the Opera, she has also continued to delight millions with her live performances all over the world plus a run of best selling CD's.
Her vocal range is superb, she sings like a lark on a fine summer morning, her voice rises whilst lesser artists can only screech. She excudes music from every pore of her slim and sexy body
You have a unique opportunity to hear her live, so go for it. Ignore the ramblings of those such as Vuk who criticise her, he will cause you to miss one of the best evenings of your life.
Buy one of her CD's and listen to her and you will then know that I am talking sense.
Regards
Mick (confirmed SB fan)
Posted on: 10 October 2000 by John Schmidt
I have various aunts who wax ecstatic whenever Ms. Brightman happens to be on the tube. The other stars in their musical firmament are the likes of James Last and Andre Rieu. Does this sounds like your music collection?
I'd trust your instinctive reactions to the various blurbs plopped in front of you. If you like "a legitimately trained operatic voice filtered through a pop sensibility" (think Kiri te Kanawa or Pavarotti singing pop songs), this may be your cup of tea. If you agree that Andrew Lloyd Webber is "the greatest songwriter of the twentieth century", you'll probably enjoy yourself. If, on the other hand, you believe (as I do) that Lloyd Webber's success is a testament to just how far marketing can push insufferably banal and insipid music, well, try not to snore too loudly so as not to spoil other's enjoyment.
Cheers,
John Schmidt
"95% of everything is crud" - Theodore Sturgeon
Posted on: 11 October 2000 by Mike Hanson
It wasn't me. Mick is the Brightman lover. She seems like a bit of warmed over toast to me. Catch you later!
-=> Mike Hanson <=-
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