Orange County
Performing Arts Centre 10 January 1997
info thanks to Thomas from Honolulu
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Orange County Performing Arts
Centre January 10, 1997. There was no program that I could find, just the
two pages of information (see attachments) in the monthly bulletin of the
Arts Centre.
I can only remember bits and
pieces of the program after these years, but it was almost certainly similar
to her Timeless Concert Tour later that year. She did sing "O Mio Babbino
Caro", "Summertime" (which was the most memorable song of the concert for
me), the West Side Story and Phantom of the Opera collections, and "Who
Wants to Live Forever". There were at least a couple of classical/operatic
songs that I can't recall. I wasn't at all familiar with her classical
repertoire at the time. Sarah only came on stage for the second half of the
evening's program, so the above probably includes most of the songs she had
time for (40-45 minutes).
Makes me wonder if she was
using this concert (and possibly others) as a test of her material for her
later Timeless Concerts. |
About the Artists
SARAH BRIGHTMAN
The creator of the role of
Christine in The Phantom of the Opera and an original cast member of
Cats at the New London Theatre Sarah Brightman has starred in Aspects of
Love both in London and on Broadway, and has toured the United States Japan,
Canada and England in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. In 1985,
Brightman premiered Lloyd Webber’s Requiem in New York and London, for
which she
received a Grammy nomination for Best New Classical Artist. In the same year,
she played the role of Valencienne in The Merry Widow for New Sadler’s
Wells Opera.
A frequent performer with Jose
Carreras and Placido Domingo, Bright-man’s live performances include
engagements at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, the Tchaikovsky Hall
in Moscow with the Moscow Philharmonic Society Orchestra, and The Orchard Hall
in Tokyo.
A highly successful
recording artist, Brightman’s Top Ten singles in the United Kingdom include -“I
Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper,” “Pie Jesu,” “All I Ask of You,” and Amigos
Para Siempre” with Jose Carreras. In early 1988, Brightman recorded the folk
songs of Benjamin Britten, and portrayed “Carrie” on the recording of
Carousel. Her 1989 solo album, The Songs That Got Away, was
successful in both Britain and the United States. ]3rightman can also be heard
on the No. I albums, Requiem and The Phantom of the Opera,
and is featured on the cast albums of The Nightingale and Song and
Dance, as well as the recording Surrender
—
The Unexpected Songs.
In 1992, Brightman performed the
title role in Trelawney of the “Wells” at the Comedy Theatre, before
starring in Noel Coward’s Relative Values at the 1993 Chichester
Festival, which transferred to the Savoy Theatre in London’s West End. At the
end of last season, Brightman played “Sally Driscoll” in Dangerous Obsession.
Her most recent appearance was as “Miss Giddens” in The Innocents at
London’s The Haymarket theatre.