Singer Sarah Brightman perform the theme song of Beijing Olympics

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Here is the officail site of Singer Sarah Brightman

We are very pleased we can finally announce that Sarah, together with the Chinese singer Liu Huan, will be singing the official theme song of the 2008 Beijing Olympics!

Nearly 100,000 people will watch the opening ceremony in the Bird’s Nest Olympic stadium, with billions more expected to tune in worldwide for the extravaganza.

The song, whose identity has been carefully kept secret via its omission from all three of the opening-ceremony rehearsals, will be revealed at the conclusion of the ceremony, which commences at 8pm Beijing time Friday, Aug 8, 2008.

For further details, please visit the Official Olympics website as well as transcripts of the press conference.

Needless to say, this is a tremendous honor, and we are thrilled that Sarah will once again be singing the theme song to the Olympic Games! Many of you already know that she also sung the theme song, “Amigos para Siempre” at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games with Jose Carreras, to a global audience of 2 billion.

With that said, enjoy the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and Sarah’s performance!

The British soprano will join Chinese singer Liu Huan to sing the official theme song to the 2008 Games.

Brightman, 47, also sang Friends for Life, the theme to the 1992 Games in Barcelona, with Jose Carreras.

The title of this year’s song has been a closely kept secret. Neither Huan nor Brightman has featured in rehearsals for the spectacular ceremony.

“Needless to say this is a tremendous honour,” a message on Brightman’s official website reads.