A Song for Sarah Trivia Quiz

Answer: I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper

British choreographer, Arlene Phillips, created the dance troupe "Hot Gossip" who performed regularly on the 1970s television series, "The Kenny Everett Show". The all girl dance troupe were very risqué for that day and age, often performing in skimpy outfits and dancing sexy routines. Sarah Brightman was only 18 years old when she took the lead in singing the 1978 song "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper", dressing herself in a skin tight silver cat suit and wearing heavy makeup favoured by a lot of singers at the time.

Answer: Soprano

Sarah Brightman has undertaken classical training at Trinity Music College in London, as well as Juilliard School in New York. She has studied with voice teacher, David Romano, who has also worked with Josh Groban. Not only has Sarah perfected her classical singing, she can also sing in different languages including French, German, Italian and Mandarin Chinese.

Answer: Cats

Sarah starred as Jemima in "Cats" in 1981, little realising that the musical was created by her future husband, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Jemima is a young kitten compared to the other cats and wants to be a glamour puss like Grizabella. Jemima and Grizabella duet together on the stage, singing the famous song "Memory".

Answer: José Carreras

José Carreras was a Spanish tenor, famous for being part of "The Three Tenors" alongside Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. "Amigos Para Siempre" (Friends for Life) was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber but only featured as one of the songs sung at the Barcelona Olympics. The most remembered was "Barcelona", sung by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé.

Answer: Time to Say Goodbye

"Con te partirò" was an Italian song written by Francesco Sartori and Lucio Quarantotto. It was made famous in 1985 by the blind tenor, Andrea Bocelli, topping the singles charts in France and Belgium. In 1996, Bocelli teamed up with Sarah Brightman to make an English version called "Time to Say Goodbye".

The song became a biggest selling single in many European countries and has sold over 12 million copies across the globe.

Answer: Antonio Banderas

José Antonio Domínguez Banderas is better known for acting in such films as "The Mask of Zorro" (1998) and "Spy Kids" (2001). He is also a very talented classical singer, playing Che in the 1996 film, "Evita". He reprised his role when he attended Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th birthday celebrations in 1998 by singing "Oh What a Circus".

This was followed soon after by a stunning duet with Sarah Brightman, singing the Lloyd Webber classic, "The Phantom of the Opera".

Answer: Classical Crossover

Classical Crossover is where an artist sings something that is normally unpopular, for example, opera. The song is crossed over with a more popular and upbeat approach to make it more attractive to the mass market. Many popular arias which have had a Classical Crossover include "Nessun Dorma", "O Sole Mio" and "Nella Fantasia".

Answer: Yes

As well as performing at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, the lovely Sarah also performed at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. This time her duet was with the Chinese singer Liu Hahn. The duet they performed was "You and Me" which was composed by Cheng Qugang, who is half French. That's not bad at all. Between the three of them, they'd spanned half a globe - very appropriate for the Olympics.

Not only that, Sarah then went on to record and launch the song "Shall Be Done" at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

Answer: Folk

"The Trees They Grow So High" first appeared in 1792 and tells of a young girl who has to enter an arranged marriage with a boy who is smaller than she is. Sarah Brightman included this song in her compilation of folk songs along with the more popular "Early One Morning". Do you remember these lyrics?

"Early one morning,
Just as the sun was rising,
I heard a young maid sing,
In the valley below.

CHORUS:
Oh, don't deceive me,
Oh, never leave me,
How could you use
A poor maiden so?"

Answer: UNESCO Artist for Peace

Sarah Brightman has joined other artists, including Celine Dion, by becoming a UNESCO Artist for Peace. UNESCO said her "commitment to humanitarian and charitable causes, her contribution, throughout her artistic career, to the promotion of cultural dialogue and the exchanges among cultures, and her dedication to the ideals and aims of the Organization" made her the ideal candidate.