Legs 4 | No. of shows 24 | |
Associated album Gala - Sarah Brightman The Collection Start date 7 July 2016 (2016-07-07) End date 11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) | ||
Gala - An Evening With Sarah Brightman is a 2016-2017 concert tour by English soprano singer Sarah Brightman with eight dates in Japan, three in South Korea and three in México.
Contents
The Gala Tour features a Classical Crossover repertoire. Mario Frangoulis share duets like "The Phantom of the Opera," "Canto De La Terra" and "Carpe Diem," recorded with Frangoulis on Brightman's "A Winter Symphony" album, which he also features as a bonus track on "Tales of Christmas," his first holiday album released in 2015. Joining the two singers are pianist Di Wu, counter tenor Narcis Iustin Ianău, and maestro Paul Bateman, the show is directed by Anthony Van Laast.
For Japan concerts, Brightman sang the song titled “Stand Alone,” from the drama “Saka no ue no kumo” (Clouds over the hills) composed by Joe Hisaishi and performed by the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
Set list
ACT I
- Sunset Boulevard Overture
- Harem (Only Turkey)
- Stand Alone (Vocalise) (Only Japan)
- Nella Fantasia (Not performed in Japan and Turkey)
- Anytime Anywhere
- Dust in the Wind
- Carpe Diem (with Mario Frangoulis)
- It's a Beautiful Day
- La Luna
- Rachmaninov #23 (Tsusi) (Di Wu solo)
- A Whiter Shade of Pale
- Scarborough Fair (Not performed in Japan)
- Buongiorno Principessa (Mario Frangoulis solo) (Not performed in Mexico)
- Vincero Perdero (Mario Frangoulis solo) (only Mexico)
- Canto Della Terra (with Mario Frangoulis)
- Nessun Dorma
ACT II
- Spellbound Concerto (Di Wu solo)
- Figlio Perduto
- Stranger in Paradise
- There for Me (with Mario Frangoulis)
- Pie Jesu (with Narcis Iustin Ianău)
- Caruso (Narcis Iustin Ianău solo)
- The Phantom of The Opera (with Mario Frangoulis)
- Time to Say Goodbye
Encore
- Warsaw Concerto (Paul Bateman)
- Running
- Ave María Schubert (Only Mexico)
Concert style
The concert style is very classical as Frangoulis stated "I particularly like the Gala Tour concept because it brings us both back to our roots in the theatre and classical music" Brightman said in an interview "The concert has a hollywood feel about it, I'm doing beautiful classical pieces and crossover pieces... In all it will be a very rich concert, very glamorous looking and will take us back in time".
She uses differents gowns, Park Jin-han from Korea Times wrote: "As the sound of wind meets the audience and the stage gleams with an eerie red light, Sarah Brightman, one of the world's most popular English classical crossover singers, appears on stage in a glittering silver dress"
In Antalya's concert an orchestra of 50 have accompanied her on the stage. Sarah opened her concert with “Harem” which gave its name to her 7th album that hit the shelves in 2003. Singing famous opera and classical music pieces during the concert.
Critical reception
The Gala show received positive reviews from critics, Park Jin-han from Korea Times wrote: "Her voice had such power, striking hard and strong at once and yet soft and tender as well.". Antalya Expo's Official Site wrote: " Singing famous opera and classical music pieces during the concert, British soprano made the audience impressed by her strong voice and style."