She came, she sang, she conquered.

The soprano Sarah Brightman sang Saturday at Chichen Itza and the concert went off without any ill surprises. Here’s one reporter’s account of her concert:

Sarah Brightman, English soprano, classical crossover musician, performed a Saturday night concert before one of the majestic Mexican pyramids of Chichen Itza, one of the seven wonders of the world, and was greeted by an emotional ovation by the public.

Standing before the Pyramid of Kukulkan, which in Maya means ‘feathered serpent’, the English singer received the applause of the audience. The Maya monument, where the sun causes Kukulcan to descend each equinox, on Saturday night was lit up with colored lights that made the figure of the singer stand out as she intermated ‘Deliver Me’ and ‘Fleurs du mal.’

As the clouds fell on Chichen Itza on Saturday Saturday night, an expectant crowd of about 6,000 people waited in silence for the start of the concert.

“I hear my songs of happiness,” she told the crowd in rapid-fire Spanish. “My next song is from my album ‘Symphony’,” and then she sang ‘Gothica’, one of his greatest hits from her album’s global launch in January 2008 .

‘Beautiful day’ and ‘What a Wonderful World’, were among the first songs she offered before a demanding audience that was beginning to feel warm. There was only mild applause when she finished ‘Dust in the Wind’.

The singer appeared in 13 different costumes, and interpreted 25 songs such as ‘Who Wants To Live Forever’ and ‘Son of the Moon’.

She sang a duet with Aki Erkan, ‘Canto Della Terra’ and ‘Sarai Qui,’ and closed the first part of the show with a rendition of ‘Nessun Dorma’, an aria from the opera Turandot by Puccini.

During the program she sang in English, Italian and Spanish. The Argentinian countertenor Fernando Lima performed a duet, the Passion and Ave Maria, while Sarah Brightman sang after ‘We wi shing’ and ‘Time to say goodbye’, when he wore bright red costumes, bright with sequins and feathers, in a bright image on the deep blue that lit the Kukulkan.

Below are several highlights from the concert captured by a member of the audience: