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Programme Biography on Sarah

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Programme Biography on Sarah

Welcome to Sarah Brightman's Harem; A musical fantasy becomes a visual feast.

"I wanted to do something with a middle eastern percussive feel to it and as I Visual images were always a part of Sarah Bright-marts inspiration for Harem. "I have always been fascinated by the desert the space and feeling of spirituality that the emptiness and huge vaulted skies bring and at the same time/ those magical images of the Arabian Nights with their princesses and palaces."

Those stories were my favourite reading as a child" says the soprano "and so when I came to start work on this my latest project I. went back to those glorious Technicolor pictures that had remained with me."

I wanted to do something with a middle eastern percussive feel to it and as I listened to Turkish, Indian and Middle Eastern music especially some of the dance orientated things that are being produced the whole concept of the album and the show began to be clear to me - the idea of parallel worlds of mystery and the faraway lands of legend and myth all lent themselves to what I wanted to create musically - the sensuous dance rhythms the wonderful melodies and fantastic range of instruments and sounds

Sarah Brightman is a musical phenomenon. Her blockbuster albums .Dive, Time to say Goodbye, Eden, La Luna and Classics have sold more than a staggering 15.000.000 copies worldwide and her concerts are famous for their rich creativity.

"The variety of styles that Sarah Brightman's career has encompassed is astonishing revealing her multi-facetted talents: Starting as a child performer she went on to study music theory with classical vocal training in the 'modo bel canto' and at the age of 18, was already a successful recording artist as well as a professional dancer; combining her vocal talents with her ability as an actress she moved on to become the undisputed queen of musical theatre — Cats and Phantom of the Opera to name but two of the productions she starred in - and in yet another career move has become known as the first artist to fully develop the genre of classical cross-over a term which however the Grammy nominated soprano finds restrictive:

" I've always been known for interpreting beautiful music that I really like and I find that certain pieces fit into different areas at different times; what I mean to say is that I can hear "modern" treatments to "Classical" pieces. If you think of how Opera was viewed in the past you will see that it was always about popular reception/ there was no elitism then and I don't see why there should be now. Even the term, "Classical" has overtones that I don't, really agree with/ you wouldn't class Stravinsky and Brahms together in musical terms and yet they are both "classical" composers. What I have done is to take fantastic melodies and interpret them in my own way."

But Sarah Brightman's music is not just about re-working classical pieces her albums are to be found' in the pop cross over and dance charts revealing an eclecticism on the part of her public that testifies to the breadth of her appeal.

Talking about the work that goes on before a tour begins Sarah says: "When I start on a project I think of it in its entirety so having begun with the music I go on to study other related aspects of the theme — I mean paintings and literature, poetry, dance, anything that will help to bring it all to life; its hard work sometimes but immensely satisfying "I think that the fact of having been in dance and musical theatre gives me a unique take on the way that my music needs to be presented visually" "I have a very clear picture in my head of how i want my shows to look7'' says the artist whose tours of the albums Eden and La Luna have delighted audiences around the world ''I'm involved with all the aspects of my shows, working closely with my design team on the choreography, stage set, lighting and sound.

HAREM has the pulse and colour and cinematic feel to it that represent the singer's fascination with rhythm and melody and the fusion of different cultures into a seamless musical whole.

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Tour Dates & Venues

Concert Dates from Official SB site

EARLY-2004 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
Sat/Jan-10 Mexico City, Mexico El Palacio de Los Deportes 
Tue/Jan-13 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center 
Wed/Jan-14 Houston, TX Houston Arena 
Fri/Jan-16 Sunrise, FL Office Depot Center 
Sat/Jan-17 Lakeland, FL The Lakeland Center 
Mon/Jan-19 Atlanta, GA Gwinnett Civic Arena 
Wed/Jan-21 Philadelphia, PA First Union Center 
Fri/Jan-23 New York, NY Madison Square Garden 
Sat/Jan-24 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena 
Sun/Jan-25 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center 
Tue/Jan-27 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center 
Thu/Jan-29 Washington, D.C. MCI Center 
Fri/Jan-30 Atlantic City, NJ Mark G. Etess Arena at Taj Mahal 
Sat/Jan-31 Boston, MA FleetCenter 
Mon/Feb-02 Montreal, QC Bell Centre 
Tue/Feb-03 Ottawa, ON Corel Centre 
Thu/Feb-05 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre 
Fri/Feb-06 Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum 
Sat/Feb-07 Rochester, NY BlueCross Arena 
Mon/Feb-09 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills 
Tue/Feb-10 Cleveland, OH Gund Arena 
Thu/Feb-12 Moline, IL Mark of The Quad Cities 
Fri/Feb-13 St. Louis, MO Savvis Center 
Sun/Feb-15 Kansas City, MO Kemper Arena 
Wed/Feb-18 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena 
Thu/Feb-19 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center 
Fri/Feb-20 Minneapolis, MN Target Center 
Sun/Feb-22 Winnepeg, MB Winnipeg Arena 
Tue/Feb-24 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome 
Wed/Feb-25 Edmonton, AB Skyreach Centre 
Fri/Feb-27 Vancouver, BC GM Place 
Sun/Feb-29 Seattle, WA Key Arena 
Mon/Mar-01 Portland, OR Rose Garden 
Tue/Mar-02 Spokane, WA Spokane Arena 
Fri/Mar-05 Reno, NV Lawlor Events Center 
Sat/Mar-06 Salt Lake City, UT Delta Center 
Sun/Mar-07 Denver, CO Magness Arena 
Tue/Mar-09 Phoenix, AZ AmericaWest Arena 
Wed/Mar-10 San Diego, CA Sports Arena 
Sat/Mar-13 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena 
Sun/Mar-14 Anaheim, CA Arrowhead Pond 
Mon/Mar-15 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center 
Wed/Mar-17 Sacrameto, CA ARCO Arena 
Thu/Mar-18 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion

Asia Spring / Summer 2004

Fri/May-28 Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre

Sun/May-30 Beijing Beijing Capital Stadium

Mon/May-31 Beijing Beijing Capital Stadium

Thu/Jun-03 Shanghai Shanghai Grand Stage

Sun/Jun-06 Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium

Tue/Jun-08 Seoul Olympic Gymnasium

Wed/Jun-09 Seoul Olympic Gymnasium

Fri/Jun-11 Sapporo Makomanai Ice Arena

Mon/Jun-14 Tokyo Nihon Budokan

Tue/Jun-15 Nagoya Rainbow Hall

Wed/Jun-16 Osaka Osaka-jo Hall

Fri/Jun-18 Singapore Indoor Stadium

Sun/Jun-20 Kuala Lumpur Stadium Negara

Mon/Jun-21 Hanoi World Peace Music Awards

Wed/Jun-23 Manila ULTRA Indoor Stadium

Fri/Jun-25 Taipei Linco Gym

Sat/Jun-26 Taipei Linco Gym

Tue/Jun-29 Perth Burswood Dome

Fri/Jul-02 Sydney Sydney Ent'ment Centre

Sun/Jul-04 Brisbane Brisbane Ent'ment Centre

Tue/Jul-06 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena

Thu/Jul-08 Adelaide Adelaide Ent'ment Centre

Europe dates and venues summer of 2004:
Fri Sep 03 Athens Lycabettus Theatre

Sat Sep 04 Athens Lycabettus Theatre

Mon Sep 06 Bucharest Central Square

Wed Sep 08 Budapest Arena

Thu Sep 09 Prague T-Mobile Arena

Sat Sep 11 Vilnius Sportima Arena

Mon Sep 13 Riga Skonto Hall

Wed Sep 15 Moscow Olimpinsky Arena

Fri Sep 17 St Petersburg Ice Arena

Sun Sep 19 Tallinn Saku Suurhall

Tue Sep 21 Helsinki Hartwall Arena

Thu Sep 23 Stockholm Globe

Sat Sep 25 Gothenburg Scandinavium

Sun Sep 26 Oslo Spektrum

Tue Sep 28 Amsterdam Heineken Hall

Wed Sep 29 Amsterdam Heineken Hall

Fri Oct 01 Frankfurt Festhalle

Sat Oct 02 Brussels Forest National

Tue Oct 05 Dublin RDS

Thu Oct 07 London Wembley

LATE-2004 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES 
Fri, Oct 22 Halifax, NS Halifax Metro Centre 
Sun, Oct 24 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi 
Mon, Oct 25 Montreal, QC Bell Centre 
Wed, Oct 27 Worcester, MA Worcester Centrum 
Thu, Oct 28 Hershey, PA Giant Center 
Sat, Oct 30 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena 
Sun, Oct 31 London, ON John Labatt Centre 
Mon, Nov 01 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre 
Wed, Nov 03 Wilkes-Barre, PA Wachovia Arena 
Thu, Nov 04 East Rutherford, NJ Continental Airlines Arena 
Fri, Nov 05 Bridgeport, CT Arena At Harbor Yard 
Sat, Nov 06 Atlantic City, NJ Etess Arena at Trump Taj Mahal 
Mon, Nov 08 Norfolk, VA ODU Convocation Center 
Tue, Nov 09 Greenville, SC Bi-Lo Center 
Thu, Nov 11 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Sports Arena 
Fri, Nov 12 Miami, FL American Airlines Center 
Sat, Nov 13 Tampa, FL The St. Pete Times Forum 
Sun, Nov 14 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena 
Tue, Nov 16 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena 
Wed, Nov 17 San Antonio, TX SBC Arena 
Sat, Nov 20 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena 
Sun, Nov 21 Phoenix, AZ America West Arena 
Mon, Nov 22 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center 
Wed, Nov 24 Oakland, CA Oakland Arena