Sarah Brightman New England Venue Symphony World Tour Concert a Disappointment

No pictures. They would not have been spectacular in any case. I have seen pictures on Flickr from prior cities in the tour (Washington DC specifically) and they were great. Too bad that this was not the case for the Foxwoods show. I do have a picture of the tickets though.

Was the lovely Shweta Shetty at the concert with Arabian Nights...love that song!

No, Harry. Shweta Shetty from the Harem tour was not in the concert.

I was at the show as well. Well it was more of  recital really!  Brightman did not look  as she  wanted to be there and by her lackluster "short" performance it proved it.   I understand that MGM Grand theater is the size of a highschool aditorium and that was probably the reason for the stark show minus the glitz  but at least she could of performed for more than  45 minutes.  I'm sorry but "Attesa" does not need props and special affects.  She could of made an effort!    All in all concert goers should of been notified that this was going to be an intimate(heartless) performance and not the ground breaking show that was promised on her website, interviews etc.  The concert goer would of then decided if they wanted to travel the short distance to Boston or N.Y. to see The Real Show.

The Foxwood Show was a Fiasco and no one is taking the blame for it.  My self and 3,000 other people are dissapointed and probably will think twice of seeing  Ms. Brightman ever perform.   

Thanks sammyl and L.M. I appreciate your confirmation of my experience. It was when I read this review written on the 23rd that I decided to write my own of the true experience. I have no idea where this guy got this perception.

review by rkelly at the Republican Entertainment Desk

He/She was paid to give the stellar review, It's obvious that they did not know how this Symphony tour had been advertised for many months as this ground breaking experience.

I am now turned off to Sarah Brightman as a performer and her lack of  unprofessionalism  she showed that night.   She put no effort what's so ever, she wanted to get out of there, she was rushing through every song and it showed and it made the audience uncomfortable.   Her management not knowing the venue was small is questionable but she could of performed the whole set or mix it up a bit and the audience would of been thrilled and understanding.  Or better yet warn the people ahead of time that this was not going to be "The Show".   instead we were mislead and at the end everyone got paid! Sad!!

That had to be the worst Performance I had ever seen.   The minute Sarah Brightman hit the stage(20 minutes) late.   I new something was up and her performance was just terrible and mechanical, my group noticed and commented why is she rushing through songs, she looks as if she wants to hurry and leave.  A true artist/ performer would of made the most of her/his surroundings no matter how dismal or small in this case the stage and theater were.  I later found out she did not do the full production show do to the size of the stage, who knows if it's true, but yes I agree we should of been notified and warned ahead of time.   We all felt she could of explained the situation to her audience and sung her heart out to her "then" 4,000 fans and not shortend her set list, the audience would of loved this.  Ms. Sarah B. showed not personality and professionalism.  A souless performance of less than one hour is unexcusable!!   What a hudge dissapointment , I am still  angry and  dissapointed, I expected more from the so called (by  her promoters) "Diva".    

The  lack of "The Big Show experience" that Brightman advertised did not bother me one bit.  What I thought was unexusable was the abbreviated performance, a 45 minute show with 8 songs missing from the set list?   Fernando Lima missing was the issue as well? Come on do you think audiences are stupid?

The audience was mislead for those reasons.  My partner who attended the show with me and has never heard of S.B. apart from one Song,  turned to me and said......"she's just going through the motions she does not sing with any feelings, at least she can pretend to love performing for the audience".    The last straw for me was her encore where she practically rushed through the song and ran off the stage without a single word.....I mean she ran and is running!    She's no Diva that's for sure, obviously she doesn not want to adored by her fans especially her fans who contribute generously to Private Broadcasting Stations.

Many remarks as we were exiting the stage were heard regarding  "the lack of show"

I'll never pay a single penny if she ever decide to tour again.

I to can not listen to any of her music anymore, what a shame!

Thank you everyone for expressing your opinions!

The show was an absolute let down and Ms. Brightman should be ashamed of herself.

I doubt that she'll ever perform in Conn. again and that is fine by me and many of the  attendees of MGM.   Good ridence to a quack.

She lost many fans that night, how unfortunate. 

We should get our money back or better yet get to experience  the "real" concert at a larger nicer theater such as the Mohegan Sun.

MGM Grand as a casino and for it's entertaiment value is a real letdown.

My wife and I attended also....She is a trained classical singer.  The above opinions are very similar to ours.  It was a short, soulless performance, which in no way matched the billing or her PBS performances.

We will probably continue to listen to the CD's that we already own, but are very unlikely to ever purchase her music or tickets again.

Thank you everyone. I really wonder how anyone got paid for writing a glowing review such as the one I saw that prompted me to write this one.

review by rkelly at the Republican Entertainment Desk

She should of never performed.   Everyone who attendeded the show should get a refund or a rescheduled "real" show.  We all expected a full fledge show that was advertised for the "Symphony" tour.  Her management should of know that MGM Foxwoods was too small of a theater and not fit for a proper larger show and advertised the show to be intimate.

The real gripe was the short performance and as another viewer commented arias such as "attesa" do not need glitz, lights and swings to be performed, I feel that's cop out excuse from her management.  No one wants to take the blame and most attendees are  disappointed on how S.B. handled this fiasco.  She should of  handled this situation in the best possible way, after all she has been in the theater industry for 30 years and is experienced with such mishaps.  

 You are so right, S.B. left 4,000 fans disappointed and most think negatively of her.  The lack of production couldn't be helped due to theater size, but I'm sorry the short performance was unjustified.  If we only knew and were aware of the type of show this was going to be I'm sure that many of us would of also have purchased tickets for the larger "longer" producton or just skip the MGM show all together.   I'll never forget this fiasco and will not forgive the lack of judgement on S.B.'s part

Hello everybody. First off, let me say that I am sorry that you didnt get the "full" Symphony Tour experience. I feel that I may shed some light on what was really going on. First off, they explained why you didnt get the lights and holograms. They simply would not fit. Second, we have now learned that the flu was going through all of Sarah's staff at the time, and had probably hit her somewhere along the time before/while/after she was on stage. That same flu ( stomach one) ran throughout my family also and anyone here knows, its not much fun when every five minutes you are either throwing up or going to the bathroom, much less having to get up on stage and sing....In which may give a explaination is to why Sarah rushed through the performance. Thirdly, Fernado Lima was not there because he had written that he had a prior commitment that night with another singer. You may check this out on his myspace or official site. Yes, they should have notified everyone about the scaled down show, however, they are human. People make mistakes all the time.I am sorry to hear that people are no longer fans. Its a very sad day when someone you look up to fails you in some way or another, but that's life. Its time to forgive and move on.