Riga, Latvia – The world’s most successful and best selling soprano
Sarah Brightman will bring her
HYMN: Sarah Brightman In Concert Tour to Arena Riga on November 3rd, 2019. Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the general public on December 12th, 10 AM and will be available online at
www.bilesuserviss.lv and in all “Biļešu serviss” sales points in Latvia. Of the tour, Brightman says fans should “expect the unexpected!”
HYMN: Sarah Brightman In Concert World Tour begins in South America and will include over 125 shows, on five continents throughout 2018 and 2019.
To enhance her world of enchantment,
Sarah Brightman has partnered with Swarovski on her world tour. Her elaborate costumes and dazzling tiaras will be composed of Swarovski crystals. Fans will also have the opportunity to take home a sparkling memento through a variety of custom tour merchandise from Sarah’s signature product line designed and embellished with crystals from Swarovski. More information to be revealed in the coming months on this exciting partnership.
Sarah Brightman unveiled her much anticipated fifteenth full-length album,
HYMN, on November 9, 2018 (Decca Gold/ Universal Music Group). This marks the multiplatinum GRAMMY® award-nominated classical crossover pioneer’s first new studio recording since she released the international chart-topper
Dreamchaser in 2013.
“I’m so excited to share this album with everyone.
HYMN is excitingly eclectic, encompassing many different styles, and I'm looking forward to performing the new songs on my world tour. Every project I’ve done has come from an emotional place, and I wanted to make something that sounded very beautiful and uplifting. To me, ‘hymn,’ suggests joy — a feeling of hope and light, something that is familiar and secure, and I hope that sentiment resonates through the music,” said Sarah Brightman.
Brightman returned to the recording studio in 2016 to begin working on
HYMN with long time producer and collaborator
Frank Peterson who notably helmed production on eight seminal recordings by the artist, including
Dive [1993],
Fly [1995], T
imeless (Time To Say Goodbye) [1997],
Eden [1998],
La Luna [2000],
Harem [2003], and
Symphony and Winter Symphony [2008]. The spiritually themed
HYMN is an inspirational collection of orchestrated, choir-based songs that Brightman says felt soothing to record at this moment in her life. The album was recorded over the past two years in Hamburg, Miami, London, Vancouver, Los Angeles, New York, and Budapest.
HYMN’s mystical, uplifting tone is set with its title track — a song by British prog-rock band Barclay James Harvest. The release also encompasses songs by such modern composers as Eric Whitacre (“Fly To Paradise”), Japanese superstar musician and songwriter Yoshiki (“Miracle”), and German DJ Paul Kalkbrenner (“Sky and Sand”). The album closes with a new rendition of Brightman’s signature smash duet with Andrea Bocelli, “Time To Say Goodbye,” singing lyrics that she wrote herself, and sung in English for the first time. Check out the full tracklisting below.
Known for her three-octave range and for pioneering the classical-crossover music movement,
Sarah Brightman has amassed global sales of more than 30 million units. The only artist to have simultaneously topped
Billboard’s dance and classical music charts, Brightman has racked up more than 180 gold and platinum awards in over 40 countries. She is also known for her iconic star turn in
The Phantom of the Opera, whose soundtrack has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. Her duet with Bocelli, “Time To Say Goodbye,” became an international success selling 12 million copies worldwide. Brightman’s albums
Eden, La Luna, Harem, and
Symphony were each chart-topping
Billboard hits and accompanied by world tours. Additionally, Brightman has performed at such prestigious events as the 2007 Concert for Diana, the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Please visit
www.sarahbrightman.com for more information.
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