Hot Gossip (1974–1986) were a British dance troupe, who made television appearances and in 1978 backed Sarah Brightman on her single, "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper".
Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, musician, songwriter, and dancer.
Chiara Zeffirelli (16 July 1976) is a French classical crossover soprano, born in the French city of Avignon.
"Free" is a song performed by English classical crossover soprano Sarah Brightman from her ninth studio album, "Harem (2003)".
 It was originally written in German by Matthias Meissner and Thomas Schwarz.
 The song was then re-written in English by Brightman in collaboration with Sophie B. Hawkins.
 The track was produced by Frank Peterson.
 It was released as the fourth and final single from "Harem" by Angel Records on 10 June 2003.
 The song contains prominent classical crossover and Middle Eastern pop musical characters.
 It is influenced by feelings of desperation and is lyrically about somebody who has lost somebody and is looking onto their relationship with somebody else.
Timeless, known as Time to Say Goodbye in the USA and Canada, is the fifth album by classical crossover soprano Sarah Brightman & the London Symphony Orchestra.
 The album went gold or platinum in 21 countries, selling over 1.4 million copies in the US alone, and topped the Billboard Classical Crossover chart in the US for 35 weeks.
 EMI's SACD 5.1 release of the album is also entitled "Time to Say Goodbye" and follows the American track listing.
Geisha Boys and Temple Girls is a studio album by British dance troupe Arlene Phillips' Hot Gossip.
 It was released in 1981 and was produced by BEF (former Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh.)
Keedie Green (born Keedie Babb, 21 October 1982, Wolverhampton) is a British classical crossover soprano, with three octaves in her voice that reaches a top A above a top E.
Perri Lister (born 10 April 1959) is an English actress, dancer, choreographer, singer, former model and screenwriter.
 She featured in her first film in 1980, and has since appeared in films and television series.
 She was a dancer with the British dance troupe Hot Gossip who appeared regularly on "The Kenny Everett Video Show", which was televised by ITV.
 Lister has sung backing vocals for Visage, and performed in music videos for Duran Duran and Billy Idol, the latter with whom she had a nine-year relationship.
 She was a member of the short-lived girl group Boomerang.
Fly is the fourth album by classical crossover soprano Sarah Brightman.
 It is her second album with producer Frank Peterson and features collaborations with Tom Jones, Chris Thompson and Andrew Eldritch.
 "Fly" boasts a stronger pop and rock influence than Brightman's previous Broadway and operatic albums, and produced several hits in Europe including "A Question of Honour" and "Time to Say Goodbye".
Classics is a compilation album by classical crossover soprano Sarah Brightman.
 It collects previously released material, such as "Pie Jesu", from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem; "Figlio Perduto", "Lascia ch'io pianga" and "La Luna" from Brightman's previous studio albums, and new recordings of some her classical vocal performances, including "Ave Maria", "Dans La Nuit", "Alhambra" and a solo version of the 1997' hit "Time to Say Goodbye".

Question: Hot Gossip was a british dance troupe who backed what English classical crossover soprano, actress, musician, songwriter, and dancer?
Answer: Sarah Brightman