New picture has leaked for the Hymn album:
And an interview for the SA tour was published the other day:
"The English soprano Sarah Brightman had a brief career in pop, ran out of money and after much thought about her future, decided to venture into the world of musicals. From that point on, he starred in some of the world's most notorious productions, such as "Cats" and "The Phantom of the Opera."
At age 57 and over 20 career, the singer still has a long and prosperous road ahead, and is not afraid of challenges. Proof of this is that she did a complicated and arduous space training to sing on a space platform. The latest events in her musical life and the fact that today we live in what seems to be "a sort of dystopic world" (the singer's own words) inspired the album "Hymn", which will be released later this year, cheerful and uncomplicated, characteristic that is opposed to the previous "Dreamchaser", quoted as his deeper work until then.
Brightman comes to Brazil. Sings in São Paulo, on November 24 and 25, in the Space of the Americas; November 27, in Brasília, at the Ulysses Guimarães Cultural Center; day 29, in Rio, in Vivo Rio; and on December 1 in Curitiba, at the Teatro Guaíra. Tickets are already on sale on Poladian's website.
In an interview with Destak, the singer makes an analysis about her life in music, from the beginning of her career so far, offering a context with the world today.
For over 20 years you've been on Broadway with "Cats" and "The Phantom of the Opera", and now you have a very successful solo career. How do you feel that things have changed?
Everything is completely different. Working in musicals is a completely opposite dynamic, and at that time I felt I was freer to sing anything I wanted and express myself in a different way. I have learned a lot to be on the stage of a theater and this is certainly one of the reasons why I am able to do what I do today and maintain a very global career. I know I've been a very privileged person.
Is there a special moment in your career that you consider a watershed?
I think I had some of those, and I think the first one was when I decided to quit pop music. I started my career in pop and this style worked for me for a short time, because I was very young. There was a time where I had to choose between continuing in pop or doing musicals, and the choice for me was obvious. This was important because, in a way, it prepared me for what would come in my future. I traveled the world and I learned about performance. These are different aspects of my career, which is constantly changing, which I think is common. I mean, if you have a very long career, she tends to change that way and go in different directions. It's normal.
You said you started a career in pop. But what was your main motivation to leave this area?
Well, for starters, when I left this part of my life I was completely broke. I was an unprepared teenager and I remember thinking 'good, now I have to get more serious'. I was trained in areas such as drama, acting and singing, and I would sit in a tree close to home and spend hours thinking about what my next step would be. Then this audition appeared for 'Cats', I participated and got the part. And that changed everything.
Between 'Dreamchaser' and 'Hymn' you had a period of five years without releasing new material. Why this pause?
I would not necessarily describe it as a break. In addition to working on the new album in the meantime, I did small conferences around the world, which is something I was really looking forward to doing. But the truth is that I came back from the space program and I just needed some time, after all that training was incredibly difficult. Even so, the direction I wanted to follow was something that was yet to be discovered. I sat down with my long-time producers and talked about what was to come in this new phase of my career, and they suggested that I do things like the beginning, and albums like 'Time to Say Goodbye' (1997) or 'Eden '(1998). With that, we end up with 'Hymn', which has a more lively and somewhat beautiful tone. This work gave me a new perspective on life and a pleasure to produce. I think my audience will notice the features of my older projects and enjoy this album a lot.
You talked about the space program. This must have been an experience that changed your life and especially your music.
Training is something very technical, and requires an absurd amount of courage and focus to do. I think this experience has changed the way I see myself, and now I know my limit, after all the challenges in that scenario are many. In real life, your personality or even the physical usually are not challenged in this way. I discovered that I could do much more than I am accustomed to. I believe that going through this is something that everyone should have the opportunity to go through, and eventually discover something new about themselves.
So that experience made her stronger as an artist?
I would say yes, as an artist and as a person. Today I can look beyond and analyze a plan completely. It made things more precious, and made me appreciate the life I have more.
'Dreamchaser' is seen as his deeper and different work until then. How do you intend to change this status with 'Hymn'?
I do not think I necessarily want to change that. As artists, we change and adapt with things presented to us throughout our career. 'Dreamchaser' was more based on the scientific aspect of things, while 'Hymn' is less uncomplicated. These are exciting songs. I think, in a way, we live in a dystopian world now. Everything is shrouded in uncertainty. People (or at least I) want to listen to things that make them feel safe. I think if you analyze, that's what 'Hymn' is about: making people feel good.
From the beginning of your career so far, do you feel more pressure to produce music and get better at what you do?
I think, with age, you can not get better at things. Your mindset changes, you get stuck in how you feel about things. Most of the time, the expectations you feel about your work are very real and contained, there is no such pretense. You simply do not have more time to be pretending feelings, and just want to give, as an artist, what you really feel. This is where I stand today.
You talked about getting old and what it means to be an older artist. Do you think this process of getting older and dealing with it is more difficult for women overall?
I do not feel that particular pressure. I always think of women in the music industry of the past and they have aged very well, keeping their voice in top condition. And so, the fans have followed our career all these years and do it to the end. To tell you the truth, I'm not worried about age or getting old. I sure work my voice and all the other aspects of my career, but that's all.
His duet with Andrea Bocelli (in "Time to Say Goodbye") is one of the most famous songs of all time. Is there a partnership you would like to remember or do in the future?
When I think about doing a duet and looking for artists who have had a long career, I'm always a little disappointed. They do not sing songs that they became famous for, and I always want to hear them. So I always try to play those songs that made my career so great, and remembering these partnerships is important for people."
InterviewLastly, there is a promo for the SA tour: