Sarah Brightman

Profession: Singer, stage actress and dancer

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Biography: Sarah Brightman is the world's best-selling soprano and has a long and hugely successful career on stage and as a solo artist, singer, actress and dancer.

Her most famous stage role is as the original Christine Daaé in her husband Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Phantom of the Opera" which opened in London's West End in 1986, later transferring to Broadway and becoming an international sensation. The original cast album has sold over 40 million copies and remains the best-selling cast album ever.

Brightman retired from the stage in the 1990s to become a solo artist, working with Frank Peterson of the band Enigma, with whom she also had a relationship. Her best-selling album is her 1997 "Timeless (Time to Say Goodbye)", which stayed at the top of Billboard's Classical Chart for 35 weeks. Other highly popular albums have followed, including "Eden" (1998), "La Luna" (2000) and "Dreamcatcher" (2013). Many of her albums were accompanied by hugely successful world tours in which Brightman's performance in stage reflected her musical background.

Brightman has sung and collaborated with many famous singers, and sung a number of famous duets, including live in 1992 with José Carreras at the Barcelona Olympic Games, in the single "A Time to say Goodbye" with Andrea Bocelli and in 2008 again at the Olympics the event's theme song, "You and Me", with Chinese singer Liu Huan.

Born: August 14, 1960
Birthplace: Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
Age: 63 years old

Generation: Baby Boomer
Chinese Zodiac: Rat
Star Sign: Leo