SARAH BRIGHTMAN To Star in Australian SUNSET BLVD. — Page 11

rosscoe(au) said: "Yes, it seems a done deal that she won’t be appearing in Sydney. The next week is going to be interesting."

Well, seems like quite an embarrassment for her. Too bad.

SweetLips22 said: "The back stage gossip from this disaster will almost be as juicy as the previous Sunset at the Regent Theater.
Ms Brightman will never set foot on the Opera House stage unless in one of her candy floss away with the faries heavily mimed gloss and smoke fantasies.
Everything about her puts my teeth on edge.
Yes. I feel better now."

Are you, by any chance, related to Michael Riedel?

SweetLips22 said: "The back stage gossip from this disaster will almost be as juicy as the previous Sunset at the Regent Theater.
Ms Brightman will never set foot on the Opera House stage unless in one of her candy floss away with the faries heavily mimed gloss and smoke fantasies.
Everything about her puts my teeth on edge.
Yes. I feel better now."

i agree with you. I just don't get the love for Brightman. I saw her first in London in December 1986 and twice in NYC in early 1988). I still think she is the worst Christine Daae I have seen.

On that first trip, I also managed to see Claire Moore (first) in a matinee in Dec 1986 (just lucky timing...we had a post-Christmas week in London scheduled. I remember also paying scalpers to see a second performance 9with Brightman)...I am virtually positive that scalped seats in the Dress Circle cost me 55 pounds (gone are the days). Claire Moore set the bar so high that Brightman seemed awful by comparison. When /i have seen her on TV (PBS), her vibrato made me leave the room. Oh, well, no accounting for taste.

AlexWesthof said: "Jarethan said: "SweetLips22 said: "The back stage gossip from this disaster will almost be as juicy as the previous Sunset at the Regent Theater.
Ms Brightman will never set foot on the Opera House stage unless in one of her candy floss away with the faries heavily mimed gloss and smoke fantasies.
Everything about her puts my teeth on edge.
Yes. I feel better now."

i agree with you. I just don't get the love for Brightman. Isaw her first in London in December 1986 and twice in NYC in early 1988).I still think she is the worst Christine Daae I have seen.

On that first trip, I also managed to see Claire Moore (first) in a matinee in Dec 1986 (just lucky timing...we had a post-Christmas week in London scheduled.I remember also paying scalpers to see a second performance 9with Brightman)...I am virtually positive that scalpedseats in the Dress Circle cost me 55pounds (gone are the days). Claire Moore set the bar so high that Brightman seemed awful by comparison. When /i have seen her on TV (PBS), her vibrato made me leave the room. Oh, well, no accounting for taste."

I've seen both Sarah Brightman and Claire Moore as Christine when I lived a few streets away from Her Majesty's. Sarah was NOTawful in comparison. She was always pitch perfect.I always feel like this is a myth in the theatre community: rooting for the underdog who wasn't married to the composer etc - aka: Jealousy. Don't get me wrong, Claire Moore is an amazing performer, but I thought she was a bit too mature as Christine. Even though she could hit every single note, her voice didn't have the innocence/puritylike Sarah's. But Claire really is extremely versatile. She'sthe bestEllen in Miss Saigon I've ever seen (a mezzo role that wouldn't fit Sarah). I feel like her voice blossomedmore in her lower register than soprano."

I think my problem with Brightman in Phantom was that she was very wooden. I agree that she sang those songs very well 38 years ago, but she still had no charisma, at least to me. I don't now if CM ever began successful in England or not, but I really did think she had a chance, because her stage presence was so strong, in addition to her acting and beautiful singing. I just never warmed up to Brightman.

why do you have to say no accounting for taste for liking brightman?

“The songs that got away” is my fav Sarah album. Give it a listen.



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQfUTE6XvYA

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* forgot to add CMoore is amazing. There’s a studio recording of “phantom” and she’s amazing

Jarethan said: " so high that Brightman seemed awful by comparison. When /i have seen her on TV (PBS), her vibrato made me leave the room. Oh, well, no accounting for taste."

Updated On: 6/16/24 at 01:08 AM

Sorry Brightmans final performance in the show, I thin Crawford left later that year

Removed cause it might have been miscommunication.

Updated On: 6/16/24 at 11:19 PM

Ensemble1716440075 said: "They are already transferring the minimalistic one, why do people keep saying they want to see this transfer to Broadway?"

It obviously won't go to NY with the other version already happening. But Toronto would be a smart place to take this physical production and start fresh with a new leading lady. It'd be close enough for the NYers to reach.

Why did someone say Andrew had nothing to do with this version? I assumed he set it all up for Sarah at great expense.

She won't let her understudy go on, but she's fine with her alternate? How does that make sense?

Listener said: "

Why did someone say Andrew had nothing to do with this version? I assumed he set it all up for Sarah at great expense."

Sarah had said in interviews that Opera Australia had approached her to do Sunset Blvd - after that she had asked ALW his opinion and he had encouraged her to do it, but it seems that this production is being solely produced and conceived by OperaAustralia.

ALW seems finally to be taking a step back from some of the control issues that has undermined him in recent decades, most recently with Cinderella debacle.

chernjam said: "Listener said: "

Why did someone say Andrew had nothing to do with this version? I assumed he set it all up for Sarah at great expense."

Sarah had said in interviews that Opera Australia had approached her to do Sunset Blvd - after that she had asked ALW his opinion and he had encouraged her to do it, but it seems that this production is being solely produced and conceived by OperaAustralia.

ALW seems finally to be taking a step back from some of the control issues that has undermined him in recent decades, most recently with Cinderella debacle."

Sorry to sound jaded but.....nope. Andrew's lifelong obsession taking on a huge role like this against all wisdom to the contrary? A lavish set and costumes?

Look, Andrew may not have controlled everything but I'm not buying this spin. There's no way he and she didn't arrange this as her big triumphant farewell to the stage. It's his show!

Listener said: "chernjam said: "Listener said: "

Why did someone say Andrew had nothing to do with this version? I assumed he set it all up for Sarah at great expense."

Sarah had said in interviews that Opera Australia had approached her to do Sunset Blvd - after that she had asked ALW his opinion and he had encouraged her to do it, but it seems that this production is being solely produced and conceived by OperaAustralia.

ALW seems finally to be taking a step back from some of the control issues that has undermined him in recent decades, most recently with Cinderella debacle."

Sorry to sound jaded but.....nope. Andrew's lifelong obsession taking on a huge role like this against all wisdom to the contrary? A lavish set and costumes?

Look, Andrew may not have controlled everything but I'm not buying this spin.There's no way he and she didn't arrange this as her big triumphant farewell to the stage. It's hisshow!"

If that were the case, wouldn't he have been in town for rehearsals, the premiere/opening night - or even sent a tweet wishing them luck? I mean, he tweets amateur productions around the world doing his works, his silence has been pretty telling.



@Boris - I saw on another forum that Sarah was going to be on tonight