Gala - An Evening With Sarah Brightman

Gala - An Evening With Sarah Brightman

Tour by Sarah Brightman Narcis Iustin Ianău
Associated album	Gala - Sarah Brightman The Collection
Start date	7 July 2016 (2016-07-07)
End date	5 December 2016 (2016-12-05)
Legs	3
No. of shows	23
Sarah Brightman Narcis Iustin Ianău concert chronology

Gala - An Evening With Sarah Brightman is a concert tour English soprano singer Sarah Brightman in July 2016 with eight dates in Japan,^[1][2] three in South Korea^[3] and three in México.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Set list

ACT I

1. Sunset Boulevard Overture
2. Harem (Only Turkey)^[7]
3. Stand Alone (Vocalise) (Only Japan) ^[6]
4. Nella Fantasia (Performed outside Japan)
5. Anytime Anywhere
6. Dust in the Wind
7. Carpe Diem (with Mario Frangoulis)
8. It's a Beautiful Day
9. La Luna
10. Rachmaninov #23 (Tsusi) (Di Wu solo)
11. A Whiter Shade of Pale
12. Buongiorno Principessa (Mario Frangoulis solo)
13. Canto Della Terra (with Mario Frangoulis)
14. Nessun Dorma

ACT II

1. Spellbound Concerto (Di Wu solo)
2. Figlio Perduto
3. Stranger in Paradise
4. Scarborough Fair (Performed outside Japan)
5. There for Me (with Mario Frangoulis)
6. Pie Jesu (with Narcis Iustin Ianău)
7. Caruso (Narcis Iustin Ianău solo)
8. The Phantom of The Opera (with Mario Frangoulis)
9. Time to Say Goodbye

Encore

1. Warsaw Concerto (Paul Bateman)
2. Running
3. Ave María (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"^[8] 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 glamourous looking and will take us back in time".^[9]

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" ^[10]

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.^[7]

Tour dates

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.".^[10] 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." ^[7]

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