Brightman has received over 180 Gold and Platinum sales awards in over 40 different countries around the world and is the only artist to hold #1 spots on the Billboard Classical and Dance charts simultaneously, her other achievements feature her ranking by the Recording Industry Association of America as the best-selling female classical artist of the twenty-first century and a Guinness World Record for the success of “Time to Say Goodbye,” the best-selling single in German recording history.
She has established herself as the world's biggest selling soprano of all time, She has sold 78 million albums worldwide, including 40 million copies of the soundtrack of The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical), 26 million albums, over two million DVDs and 10 million copies of the single " Time to Say Goodbye "as a soloist.
She made her debut as a dancer in troupes such as Hot Gossip and later released a string of disco singles. She was a musical theatre performer and partner of theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom she originated roles including Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera.
After her divorce, Brightman became a crossover artist with former Enigma producer Frank Peterson. Her style, a blend of classical vocals and pop-inspired instrumentation and arrangement, earned her further success.
She is often cited as the woman who paved the way for other international success stories such as Il Divo, Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban. She is said to be worth as much as £30m (about US$49m).
The Last Rose of Summer
Sarah Brightman Lyrics
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Left blooming alone,
All her lovely companions are faded and gone,
No flower of her kindred,
No rosebud is nigh
To reflect back her blushes,
Or give sigh for sigh.
To pine on the stem,
Since the lovely are sleeping,
Go, sleep thou with them,
Thus kindly I scatter
Thy leaves o'er the bed
Where thy mates of the garden
Lie senseless and dead.
So soon may I follow,
When friendships decay,
And from love's shining circle
The gems drop away!
When true hearts lie withered,
And fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?
In the lyrics of Sarah Brightman's song "The Last Rose of Summer," the singer is contemplating the loneliness of a rose that has survived until the end of summer despite the fact that all its companions have faded and died. The singer empathizes with the rose's solitude, noting that it has no relatives or buds to reflect its beauty or mourn its loss. The singer then decides to take pity on the lonely rose and scatter its leaves over the graves of its deceased garden mates, effectively allowing the rose to join them in eternal rest.
However, the song goes beyond a simple meditation on the fleeting nature of beauty and the inevitability of death. The singer goes on to reflect on the pain of lost friendships and love, musing on the possibility of joining their lost loved ones in the afterlife rather than enduring the bleakness of the world alone. In this way, the song offers a more comprehensive exploration of the human condition and the inherent sadness and beauty of life.
Line by Line Meaning
'Tis the last rose of summer,
It's the final rose bloom in the summer season.
Left blooming alone,
It's the only rose bloom left blooming currently.
All her lovely companions are faded and gone,
All the other flowers that once bloomed alongside this flower have faded away.
No flower of her kindred,
There are no other flowers similar to her in the garden.
No rosebud is nigh
There are no other rosebuds around her.
To reflect back her blushes,
There's no other flower present to reflect her beauty.
Or give sigh for sigh.
There's no other flower to share her sorrows with.
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one,
I'll not abandon you, lonely flower.
To pine on the stem,
To suffer in solitude on your stem.
Since the lovely are sleeping,
As other lovely flowers are now sleeping (dead).
Go, sleep thou with them,
Go, join them in their slumber.
Thus kindly I scatter
Thus kindly, I sprinkle.
Thy leaves o'er the bed
Your leaves over their burial ground.
Where thy mates of the garden
Where your fellow flowers of the garden.
Lie senseless and dead.
Are lying lifelessly.
So soon may I follow,
May I also follow them soon.
When friendships decay,
When friendships start to fall apart.
And from love's shining circle
And when loved ones begin to leave.
The gems drop away!
The valuable things start fading away.
When true hearts lie withered,
When genuine hearts lose their liveliness.
And fond ones are flown,
When beloved ones are no longer around.
Oh! who would inhabit
Oh! Who would prefer to live in
This bleak world alone?
This cold, dark, and cheerless world, all by themselves?
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Written by: Thomas Moore
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Moyséis Ribeiro Lopes Júnior
Como é linda a voz de Sarah!
Michael Kazmierski Dunn
That's a really angelic vibrato, Sarah. Almost a consistent 7.5 Hertz, close to my former girlfriend Deborah's. I first heard this as a bagpipe tune, a 3/4 retreat march by the Brian Boru Pipe Band. The voice is also similar to Sophia Richter, a piper friend of mine.