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The holiday season is finally here in Orlando, and so is international singing superstar Sarah Brightman\u2019s elaborate Christmas performance, \u201cA Winter Symphony\u201d tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Phantom of the Opera sensation, who also gave us \u201cTime to Say Goodbye,\u201d has pulled from a vast catalog of Christmas music to create a setlist filled with classical pieces, hymns, nostalgic Charlie Brown selections and festive pop favorites.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brightman even manages to thread in some hits from The Phantom of the Opera and Time to Say Goodbye, which she says fit well within the Christmas arrangements as they\u2019re full of emotion and drama.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a complete mixture of things in there for everybody, and it\u2019s beautiful because they tie together amazingly,\u201d Brightman tells Orlando Weekly ahead of her Sunday, Dec. 7 show at the Dr. Phillip\u2019s Center\u2019s Walt Disney Theater<\/a>. \u201cAnd it goes by in a flash with all those beautiful choirs and orchestras and lighting and beautiful gowns. It\u2019s an experience, my show.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n For Brightman, carefully curating the show\u2019s setlist was a difficult task. As with any holiday performance, she says there are high stakes in play.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI feel quite responsible for people\u2019s emotions when they come to see a Christmas concert, because there\u2019s a lot of expectation,\u201d Brightman says. \u201cI think people want fun, but at the same time, they want to be transported into a beautiful story, which, of course, Christmas at this time of year is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n As \u201cthe most wonderful time of the year,\u201d Brightman says the Christmas holiday has always been special in her life. She says her family has always made the most of the season; one of her favorite holiday memories was waking up as a young child to find her living room decorated with presents underneath a brightly lit Christmas tree.\u00a0<\/p>\n More so, Brightman loves the music that\u2019s tied to Christmas, be it older classical pieces or modern holiday-time compositions, as they tend to stir up childhood memories or remind us of loved ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n Touring for the holiday had been on Brightman\u2019s mind for quite a while, but until COVID-19 hit, her career had never allowed for time to do so. So, as we all sat miserable in our houses, Brightman says she decided to put together her very first Christmas tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe found a beautiful old church in England, in London, and we got permission to do this performance right at the beginning of Covid, and we filmed it, and it went out live on my YouTube channel, and anybody that wanted to watch it, they could donate to charity,\u201d Brightman says. \u201cAnd it was just a very, very positive thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n This holiday cheer also finds its way into the process of working with the accompanying orchestra, choir and special guests. Brightman says the orchestras, which are pulled locally from each tour stop, are especially lively when playing Christmas tunes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Although rehearsals stay incredibly practical, on the night of the show, everything transforms into something far more magical. Once Brightman steps out in front of the audience, she says the metaphysical hits, and all the hard work pays off.\u00a0<\/p>\n As the world\u2019s best-selling soprano, Brightman\u2019s artistic energy continues to be fueled by a deep-seated passion for her craft, one she says will keep her performing as part of as long as she can.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe beautiful thing about art, it\u2019s always moving, and sometimes it moves in a way, and you don\u2019t feel attached, and then it will move a different way, and then suddenly think, \u2018Oh, I understand that\u2019,\u201d Brightman says. \u201cAnd you get very motivated by it. So I think it\u2019s just, I\u2019ll do it until the passion leaves.\u201d<\/p>\n Being an international female performer, Brightman has had much to navigate. She speaks very humbly about her talent, saying that she has always felt privileged to have received her gifts and grateful for the strength to nurture them and carry them to audiences.\u00a0<\/p>\n Whereas Brightman doesn\u2019t have an exact favorite song to sing, she says there have yet to be any she\u2019s weary of.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI never get tired of singing the songs that I do,\u201d Brightman says. \u201cAnd I\u2019m definitely one of those artists that if fans come, and they want to hear always the hits, I always give them the hits. Because I know I\u2019m really disappointed if I go and see a concert with an artist who has had particular hits in their in their career, and they don\u2019t sing them, I\u2019m so upset. So I always find a way to get my hits in.\u201d<\/p>\n Orlando\u2019s daily dose of what matters. Subscribe to The Daily Weekly.<\/p>\n Related Stories<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\u201cI feel quite responsible for people\u2019s emotions when they come to see a Christmas concert, because there\u2019s a lot of expectation\u201d \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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