Peter Brightman is known as one of the top world-class professionals in the entertainment industry, innovating and influencing the Arts, Music &. Culture in a career spanning over forty-five years.  

Cleopatra – Love, Passion and War – a unique musical extravaganza, telling the extraordinary tale of history’s most famous love story “Antony and Cleopatra”. The World Premiere and filming is planned to take place in front of the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt in 2026 with a huge cast of soloists, singers, dancers, Cirque du Soleil style performers, full symphony orchestra, Arabic and other musicians. Stunning CGI imagery on three huge screens, telling this amazing story and featuring the largest sea battle in ancient history – the battle of Actium.

The story/libretto has been written by historian and author Tom Holland whose podcast “The Rest is History” is achieving 20 million downloads a month – and tells the story of Cleopatra in English, using the lyrics of the most beautiful and famous arias and songs from the world of opera. The music has been arranged and written by renowned composers James Morgan and Juliette Pochin.

It is widely acknowledged that Peter and partner Victoria Charlton did much to break down the cultural walls of the Cold War, bringing the Bolshoi Ballet & Opera, the Kirov (Maryinsky) Ballet and Opera conducted by Valery Gergiev,  Moscow Classical Ballet, Georgian State Dance Company and other major classical artists and Orchestras from Russia and the Soviet Union to a world-wide audience, including in the UK, USA and Canada, where they was exclusively producing performances at the Metropolitan Opera House prestigious summer seasons and at the Royal Opera House, in London. Peter also toured the Royal Ballet, English National Opera, Royal National Theatre, directed by Sir Peter Hall to Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev as well as Luciano Pavarotti, Sir Elton John, Beyoncé, George Michael and many others.

Peter presented artists and negotiated contracts for clients in many of the most prestigious theatres, concert halls, stadiums & festivals throughout the world in more than 40 countries – featuring a range of artists from Beyoncé, Shakira, Mariah Carey, Kylie Minogue, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Sir Rod Stewart, Billy Joel,  Sting, Enrique Iglesias, Tony Bennett, Michael Jackson, Sir Elton John,  One Republic, Neil Diamond, REM, The Who, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Waits, Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), Willie Nelson, Bon Jovi,  Carlos Santana to Jazz greats in legendary concerts, such as Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, George Benson, Miss Peggy Lee, Arturo Sandoval, Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Miriam Makeba, Billy Eckstine to ballet and opera including the Royal Ballet, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, José Carreras, Miss Jessye Norman, Dance Theatre of Harlem,  to musicals such as Cats, Mamma Mia, West Side Story, Disney’s, High School Musical and X-Factor live shows in the UK.

Peter is a Patron of the Peace & Prosperity Trust, a charitable organization supporting young artists from Lebanon, Syria, the Middle East & other Refugee areas.