Amazon.com: It's hard to know what to make of this full-length, lavishly produced concert by Sarah Brightman, a singer and performer who seems to have been born a half-century too late. Had she come on the scene in the 1950s, when Broadway musicals were a career stepping-stone to recording contracts and TV variety-show guest appearances, Brightman could have had a Julie Andrews-type career. But Brightman, one-time companion of Andrew Lloyd Webber (who gave her the starring role in Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera), is trying to find her concert market a decade after her Phantom success. One Night in Eden, a live performance of a solo album, has elaborate, stagey set pieces that look like a bizarre cross between Stevie Nicks and Madonna. And Brightman has the musical taste of a pretentious Celine Dion (she even sings Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" in Italian, as though this gives it class). Her pudgy build isn't enhanced by the half-dozen gowns (she favors the Pre-Raphaelite) she changes into in a show that is apparently for fans only. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Sarah's DVD
just a short interview is what you get from Sarah, except from the concert itself... more extras would be nice
Rating: - Sarah great as always
in very nice live concerrt DVD. I loved very much all sceneries with african heritage surroundings before and after the concert. For people who are starting their Sarah Brightman collection this is a great ... Read More
Rating: - Sarah Brightman One Night in Eden
I saw a performance on public television and it was the first time I had seen or heard Sarah Brightman. Then I got this cd knowing it was not as recent as the performance I had just watched, but I hoped it ... Read More
Rating: - the voice
I have enjoyed listening to Sarah since I heard her sing on the Phantom of the Opera, the original cast recording. When she puts on a concert, she also entertains. I got spoiled with her La Luna concert which ... Read More
Rating: - Watch Sarah B. DVD collection to see if she's the Queen of lip-sync (as accused)!
I am amazed to read about people who hates her and called her that name in the "One night in Eden" DVD. I heard that she is the singer who people either adore or love to hate but...look at her DVD for yourself! ... Read More
- Sarah's DVD
- Sarah great as always
- Sarah Brightman One Night in Eden