Talk:Sarah Brightman

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[edit] Gay Icon Project

In my effort to merge the now-deleted list from the article Gay icon to the Gay icons category, I have added this page to the category. I engaged in this effort as a "human script", adding everyone from the list to the category, bypassing the fact-checking stage. That is what I am relying on you to do. Please check the article Gay icon and make a judgment as to whether this person or group fits the category. By distributing this task from the regular editors of one article to the regular editors of several articles, I believe that the task of fact-checking this information can be expedited. Thank you very much. Philwelch 20:09, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  • But the article says nothing about being gay? 06:15, 25 July 2006 (UTC)06:15, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Sarah is Heterosexual. Or do you mean she is an icon in the gay community? utc 2115 6 july 07

[edit] PoV

"Sarah has a soprano voice of an almost ethereal quality. Of current sopranos she comes closest to the mythical 'Bel Canto' ideal. Her producton seems effortless with no change of resonance from top to bottom throughout her extensive range. For sheer beauty of tone she is unsurpassed. However, her range of emotions is limited because of this very tonal perfection."

This is all point of view - the article requires cleanup and updating as well. --Marysunshine 02:28, 14 March 2006 (UTC)M

Go ahead and clean it up, then! (yes I agree with you) 62.178.193.144 20:37, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
I agree it could use some cleanup. Information on her latest three albums needs expansion, and there are some new events (Japanese re-release of Fly, etc.) to add. Crystallina 17:51, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
I cleaned up some of the gushing prose. I just wanted to ensure that others were okay with this -- I'm a very new editor, trying not to barge in! When I have more time, I'll take a look at what else needs to be done--Marysunshine 17:33, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Please can we have this article extended as it is in real need of updae and expansion. It needs to reflect Sarah's position as possibly the biggest selling female star in Europe. It also needs to reflect Sarah's albums better.

[edit] Highest/lowest recorded notes

To my knowledge, and I've heard almost everything Sarah has recorded, her highest note was in PotO. The highest note in How Can Heaven Love Me was a D above high C, not an F.

I haven't confirmed the lowest note yet, but I'm almost certain that wasn't what the general consensus was. Crystallina 23:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)


I saw the article said she can only hit E above high C, and I'm absolutely positive that's a mistake. She's at least an octave above that -- that would be E above C above high C. If it is an E; I thought the original key of "Think of Me" had her going up to F#.

High C is defined here as the C two octaves above Middle C; the E above this is the Phantom of the Opera note. Think of Me is sung in two different keys that I have heard; one has a B flat as the highest note, one has high C as the highest note. Crystallina 04:26, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

The "scream" note in Phantom is an E natural. The note at the end of the run in Think of me (in the recorded key) is a B flat.

[edit] Fly II (Limted Release) (2000)

I'm pretty sure it was called Fly (special edition). I held it in my arms for 5 minutes before I decided not to buy it. I really don't think there was number II ever on it, just a re-release with an additional CD.


[edit] Sarah on Gregorian albums

Can someone list on which Gregorian albums/songs Sarah made guest appearances. Many thanks!

  • You can find that information on the SarahPedia on her official website. Some of the songs have Sarah, others have Violet (Amelia Brightman, her sister), others have different vocalists. Crystallina 19:38, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
    • What about their fourth album? Was she on it? Or Violet for that matter? --77.105.56.16 00:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
      • Violet's on their fourth album, on songs such as The Gift. Crystallina 05:58, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
        • What about Gregorian's latest album? Is Sarah on it? --77.105.26.13 03:33, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] To do

I have a couple goals for this article, and the first step is Good Article. It needs more information and I believe I have nearly exhausted the Internet, or at least the easier-to-find Internet sources. A to-do list:

  • Get information from the three DVDs she released: One Night In Eden (includes interview), La Luna (information, their text biography; Siew May has not finished the bio on the official site yet), and Harem: A Desert Fantasy (information, mainly.)
  • Somehow find more information on her vocal profile. To the level of Mariah Carey, perhaps.
  • There's a decent length interview of her in Hello Magazine; unfortunately, I was unable to obtain it. If anyone has this it would be great.
  • The picture isn't the best possible. We need a better one. Crystallina 16:32, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
  • the 2000 to present section is too big, there has been several distinct eras in her career over the last 8 years. It doesn't read well and it discourages editing. --Foxtrot Romeo 22:44, 23 January 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Foxtrot Romeo India Zulu Echo (talk • contribs)

[edit] Discography

OK, we need to stop arguing over the discography. I was the one who added the comment. My reasoning for it is twofold:

  • We need some sort of discography on the page. It is an established convention. For example, the article for Mariah Carey (a FA) has a brief discography with her major works. I'm on the fence about including cast albums, but definitely her main studio recordings need to be there, in my opinion.
  • We don't need every single album she ever recorded here. That would be too long of a list.

So I restored the original version of the discography, which existed without complaint for a good deal of time and passed peer review and Good Article voting. If anyone has any concerns, please feel free to bring them up. Crystallina 02:11, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

    • I see the discussion is still going on. Here are two relevant pages: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music/MUSTARD/Discography and Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(lists_of_works)#Discographies - one from WikiProject Music and one from Manual of Style. Both agree that musicians' pages should indeed have a discography section. However, WikiProject Music standards suggests that they should not have a complete discography if doing so would not fit the system - i.e. if it would become cumbersome. Hence the abridged discography here of major studio albums. Crystallina 17:57, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anglican

She is an Anglican, correct? I think it should be mentioned in the article if correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.121.102.73 (talk) 00:41, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, she used to follow Kabbalah, but lately seems to have fallen away from it. No one knows what religious beliefs she holds at present. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.62.224.175 (talk) 07:29, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Amigos Para Siempre

Strange that there is no mention of this song, which she performed with Jose Carreras (I think) for the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Gemfyre (talk) 06:43, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

It was only on her discography page and I've now added it in the 1990s section. TubularWorld (talk)