I went to a Sarah Brightman concert yesterday at the Honda Center. It was sooooooo good. Better than I expected and so much more. It’s up there with Cirque de Soleil for me because of how beautiful everything was. The set, the clothing, the stuff projected on the screen, the creative aspects, and the music…she’s wonderful. She can still sing Phantom of the Opera. I can only imagine how sad she and I would be, that one day, when she can’t hit that high note at the end.

It was just half of the stadium for a more “intimate” setting.

Chandeliers!

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This is how she came in…so dramatic. Her dress was really flowy, and they constantly had a fan blowing her dress up, similar to her album cover art of her album “Symphony”. She really swung her dress around a lot. A lot. A lot. But I don’t blame her; if I were wearing that dress, I’d do it too.

I am…Darkwing Duck!

Here is a short video of this first song. I love the colors! Notice the billowing dress. One day I want to wear a huge dress with a long heavy train, and stand on top of a cliff on a windy day. Like in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, during the montage scene where the British defeat the Spanish Armada.

Can anyone tell me the name of the song being played? To me, I know it’s been made into a techno/trance song, but I never knew what the original was. I love at the end how the lights turned off one by one.

I absolutely loved this song. She sang “What a Wonderful World” while plants bloomed in the background. If you look at the set, she’s actually standing behind the glass. I still can’t decide if the images are being projected onto the floor, and the reflective glass is picked up on it, or both. The glass is bordered by white screen material. She stands behind the screen so that her shadow isn’t cast on I think?

A darker image so you can see her dress. I want!

Here is the video of the song. Love love love.

This is what really weirded me out. I’ve never been to a concert, so I don’t know if this is like..totally normal, but I was pretty amazed. If you look at the left gap, there is a dancer there, but that isn’t part of the reflective glass. It’s that opaque white screen stuff….so if it’s not being reflective, how does the image get on there?

See for yourself. Mesmerizing.

I want her dresses. All of them. My battery ran out later (stupid me…I really didn’t think I’d take so much) but they added an extra long train to her dress and lifted her up on a swing while she sang.

Princess and the Pea-like

I reeeeally love this song too. He came out when the male’s part started. His light wasn’t was big as Sarah’s.

That didn’t do it justice.

Noooow, after the intermission, she sang Phantom of the Opera…bless her…and when she left the stage, Alice came on, and the rabbit, mad hatter, the deck of cards, and Little Red Riding Hood. what?! Yeah. And then, eerie music plays while the familiar sounds of Dance of the Superplum Fairie tinkled its way in (That’s from the Nutcracker for you uncultured, jK). You have to see it for yourself. I managed to find it on youtube. I was blown away. It’s so different from what she’s usually sung but I welcome it wholeheartedly. It’s very Nightmare Before Christmas. Doesn’t it sound like something Gwen Stefani would sing??

The left and right screens scrolled through a forest of trees like she was actually moving. So twisted. The next song on this video afterward is reeeeally good too.

If you poke around youtube you’ll find more. I am totally enchanted by her now. I am now digging through my cd collection to find all my old cds of hers. I hope this tour is made into a dvd, or even better Blu-ray.

Here is a good review with nice pictures. Totally digging that weird song also: http://voyagesextraordinaires.blogspot.com/2008/12/sarah-brightman-symphony-tour-2008.html