| Concert Tour Name: | Gala - An Evening With Sarah Brightman |
| Artist: | Sarah Brightman |
| Album: | Gala - Sarah Brightman The Collection |
| Number Of Legs: | 4 |
| Number Of Shows: | 21 in Asia 1 in Europe 3 in Latin America 25 in total |
| Last Tour: | Dreamchaser World Tour (2013-2014) |
| This Tour: | Gala - An Evening With Sarah Brightman (2016) |
| Next Tour: | Royal Christmas Gala (2017) |
Gala - An Evening With Sarah Brightman was a 2016–17 concert tour by English soprano singer Sarah Brightman with eleven shows in Japan,[1] [2] three in South Korea[3] and three in Mexico.[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 (坂の上の雲; lit. Clouds over the hills) composed by Joe Hisaishi and performed by the NHK Symphony Orchestra.[6]
ACT I
ACT II
Encore
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 glamorous looking and will take us back in time".[9]
She uses different 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 and sings the theme song of the musical The Phantom of the Opera.
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 arias and crossover hits during the concert but also she invited Erkan Aki to sing with her some duets.
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Gross revenue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | |||||
| 7 July 2016 | Sapporo | Japan | Sapporo Hokkai Kitayell | ||
| 9 July 2016 | Sendai | Sendai Xebio Arena | |||
| 11 July 2016 | Tokyo | Nippon Budokan | |||
| 12 July 2016 | |||||
| 14 July 2016 | Tokyo International Forum | ||||
| 15 July 2016 | |||||
| 17 July 2016 | Kanazawa | Kanazawa Honda No Mori Hall | |||
| 19 July 2016 | Osaka | Festival Hall | |||
| 20 July 2016 | |||||
| 21 July 2016 | Orix Theater | ||||
| 22 July 2016 | Nagoya | Nagoya Century Hall | |||
| 24 July 2016 | Seoul | South Korea | Olympic Hall | ||
| 26 July 2016 | Daegu | ||||
| 27 July 2016 | Gwangju | ||||
| 29 July 2016 | Zhengzhou | China | Zhengzhou International Convention and Exhibition Centre | ||
| 31 July 2016 | Suzhou | Suzhou Sports Centre | |||
| 3 August 2016 | Harbin | Harbin Opera House | |||
| 5 August 2016 | Tianjin | Tianjin Grand Theatre | |||
| 7 August 2016 | Taipei | Taiwan | Taipei Arena | ||
| Europe | |||||
| 9 October 2016 | Antalya | Turkey | Expo Congress Center | ||
| Latin America[10] | |||||
| 1 December 2016 | Mexico City | Mexico | Arena Ciudad de México | ||
| 3 December 2016 | Zapopan | Telmex Auditorium | |||
| 5 December 2016 | Monterrey | Arena Monterrey | |||
| Asia | |||||
| 11 March 2017 | Tainan | Taiwan | Tainan City Stadium | ||
| 14 August 2017 | Yogyakarta | Indonesia | Prambanan Jazz Festival | ||
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.".[11] Antalya Expo's official website wrote: "Singing famous opera and classical music pieces during the concert, British soprano made the audience impressed by her strong voice and style."