With sales in excess of 30 million albums and more than a billion streams, Sarah Brightman is the world’s best-selling soprano. She originated the role of Christine Daaé in the world-renowned “The Phantom of the Opera,” which ended its historic run this past year, and her most recent album, “Hymn,” debuted at number one on both the classical and classical crossover charts.

Brightman will ring in the holiday season on Wednesday, Nov. 29, in, appropriately enough, Bethlehem, when she brings her acclaimed A Christmas Symphony tour to the Wind Creek Event Center.

Accompanied by a huge choir and orchestra and using emotional elements of costume and a world class light show, Brightman’s performance will feature renditions of Christmas classics and holiday favorites as well as a selection of her own greatest hits along with a few surprises.

I recently spoke with Brightman about her upcoming performance in Bethlehem and more in this new interview:

Q: In your opinion what makes the season of Christmas so special?

Sarah Brightman: For me, Christmas is a very emotional and important time of year, My family has always taken it very seriously. Even when I’m abroad I always try to get back home in time. It’s traditional for families to be together this time of year and whether you’re religious or not it’s lovely to go and see a Christmas show.

Q: What made you decide to do A Christmas Symphony tour ?

Sarah Brightman: Back when we first went into COVID a few years ago, I started thinking about what I could do that would help make people feel better, make myself feel better and also hire a few people who needed to work. I came up with the concept of doing a Christmas show and we got permission to film it in a beautiful old church in London. It went all over the world and we had such an amazing response that I thought maybe I should do this on tour in various continents, which we’ve started doing.

You can read the rest of my Morning Call interview with Sarah Brightman by Clicking Here!