HELP ME PLZ ?? about Opera Music, Sarah Brightman?

She is what you call a classical-popular crossover singer.

Another famous artist like her is Katherine Jenkins, she is a mezzo-soprano.

Maybe you'd enjoy some Kristen Chenoweth, but she's more broadway.

For the hard-core stuff, listen to/start out with

Diana Damrau- Una Voce Poco Fa or Glitter and be Gay

Natalie Dessay- Les filles de Cadix

Kathleen Battle- Lo, here the gentle lark

Lucia Popp= O Zittre Nicht or the famous Queen of the Night aria

Anna Netrebko- Habanera

Patricia Petibon- Les filles de Cadix

do your research there are great opera divas out there.

Sarah Brightman is about as far from opera as Tiny Tim. Her claim to fame was being Mrs. Andrew Lloyd Weber and taking on the role as Christine Dore in his version of Phantom of the Opera.

From there she went on to the world stage along with Andrea Bocelli. (Another non-opera singer). Between the two of them and some clever marketing they took the unsuspecting (and uninformed populous) by storm.

Her genre is light classic, Broadway, some microphoned arias.

So, you're a part of the hood-winked masses that go for mediocre music and deep-pockets marketing.

You'll probably like Kristin Chenoweth as well.

... except that Ms Chenoweth exudes much more personality.

Sarah Brightman has really nothing to do with opera... she is a pop singer.

Suggestions... sure - how about some real opera. Check out Angela Georghiu.

Well, other operatic sopranos are as good as Sarah.

Try Marliyn Horne, Joan Sutherland, Mirella Freni, and Beverly Sills...and the newest operatic diva, Cecilia Bartoli, just for starters...

Then......

African-American sopranos are also on the list for you to hear. Jessye Norman, Leontyne Price, Kathleen Battle, and the one who started it all...Marian Anderson.

Yes, I do know about Sarah Brightman, but she is NOT an opera singer.

As for suggestions, I happen to have plenty. As an operaphile, I highly recommend that you get on youtube and check it out.

"Sempre Libera" from La Traviata - Verdi

"Ah! Je ris de me voir!" (or Jewel Song) from Faust - Gounod

"Deh vieni non tardar" from Le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart

"Les Oiseaux dans la Charmille" (or Doll Song) from Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Offenbach

"Salut a la France" from La Fille du Regiment - Donizetti

"Der Holle Rache" from Die Zauberflote - Mozart

"Dove Sono" from Le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart

"Monica's Waltz" from The Medium - Menotti

"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (or the Habanera) from Carmen - Bizet

"Papagena! Papageno!" from Die Zauberflote - Mozart

"Cosa Sento" from Le Nozze di Figaro

"La Donna e mobile" from Rigoletto - Verdi

"Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" from Sampson and Delilah - Saint-Saens

"Una voce poco" from Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Rossini

"Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour" (or the Barcarolle) from Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Offenback

"Song to the Moon" from Rusalka - Dvorak

"Pres des remparts de Seville" from Carmen - Bizet

"Libiamo Ne'lieti Calici" (or the Brindisi) from La Traviata - Verdi

"Le Veau d'Or" from Faust - Gounod

"Se vuol ballare" from Le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart

"Voi signor che guisto siente" from Le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart

"Votre toast" from Carmen - Bizet

"Madamina, il catalogo e questo" from Don Giovanni - Mozart

"Largo al factotum" from Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Rossini

"Le Veau d'Or" from Faust - Gounod

"Questa e quella" from Rigoletto - Verdi

"Spargi D'amaro pianto" from Lucia di Lammermoor - Donizetti

"Quanto e bella" from L'elisir d'amore - Donizetti

"Mein Herr Marquis" (Adele's Laughing Song) from Die Fledermaus - Strauss

"Quando m'en vo'soletta" (Musetta's Waltz) from La Boheme - Puccini

"Non so piu cosa son" from Le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart

Enjoy!