Trivia

Composer (and then soon to be husband), Andrew Lloyd Webber, originally wrote the famous Phantom of the Opera song "The Music of the Night" for Sarah. It was originally titled "Married Man" with lyrics by British director Trevor Nunn, and sung at Lloyd Webber's yearly festival in the early 1980s. At the time of writing and performing it, Lloyd Webber was still married to his first wife... what a hint.

"Time to Say Goodbye" - her first album released in the United States, debuted at the Billboard Top 200 albums at number seventy-one, ranking a low position for an artist, but a higher position for a Classical music album, however the album peaked at number-one at the Billboard Top Classical Crossovers Albums, generating a reign at the peak for thirty-five consecutive weeks.

Is still friends with her former "The Phantom of the Opera" stage co-star, Michael Crawford.

Before making a big splash on stage in the 1980s, Brightman was a performer with the girlie dance troupe Hot Gossip who scored a UK hit in 1978 with, "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper". After the dancers joined The Kenny Everett Television Show (1981) as regulars, Brightman went on to pursue a career in musical theatre.

Her favorite songs are "Blackbird" by The Beatles, "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell, "One" by U2, "Life on Mars" by David Bowie, "Heaven or Las Vegas" by Cocteau Twins, "We Have All the Time in the World" by Louis Armstrong, "Reckoner" by Radiohead and "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed. (Source: BBC Radio 2 "Tracks of My Years").

Is the oldest of six children.

Ex-sister-in-law of Julian Lloyd Webber.

She received her education at Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham, the Arts Educational School in Chiswick, West London, and the Royal College of Music.

Ex-stepmother of Imogen Lloyd Webber and Nick Lloyd Webber.

Attended the same school as actor Nigel Havers.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 6243 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 6, 2022. Walk of Fame inductee Kristin Chenoweth was among the guest speakers at the ceremony.