The same year, Brightman starred A Gala Christmas in Vienna along side Placido Domingo, Helmut Lottie and Riccardo Cocciante singing traditional Christmas carols. In March 1998, her own PBS special, Sarah Brightman: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, marked the point when she crossed from Billboard’s Top Heat seekers chart to the Billboard 200 chart, with Time to Say Goodbye. It is regarded as one of Brightman’s and Bocelli’s, signature songs.
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This duet with tenor Andrea Bocelli became an international hit and sold more than 3 million copies in Germany alone, became Germany’s best-selling single, and was successful in numerous other countries the album eventually sold over 12 million copies worldwide. “Time to Say Goodbye”, taken from the album Timeless, released in 1997, was the second song Brightman debuted for Maske, this time at his retirement match. The song and the video were introduced at the World Boxing Championship match between Germany’s Henry Maske and Graciano Rocchigiani.
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Following her appearance, Brightman traveled to Germany to work with co-producer Frank Peterson of “Enigma” fame The two collaborated on the album “Dive,” released in 1993 a water-themed pop album that featured “Captain Nemo,” a cover of a song by the Swedish electronica band Dive The album is considered Brightman’s first success as a recording solo artist, receiving her first Gold award for exceptional sales in Canada.īrightman and Peterson’s second collaboration yielded the pop rock album, Fly (1995), the album catapulted Sarah to fame across Europe, and she unveiled its hit track “A Question of Honor” – a mélange of electronic, rock, classical strings and excerpts from the Alfredo Catalani opera “La Wally” In 1992, Brightman made an appearance with José Carreras at the Barcelona Olympic Games singing the theme song “Amigos Para Siempre” (“Friends Forever”) to a worldwide audience of 3 billion people. After her very successful stage career, Brightman decided to make a fresh start and embark on a solo career.