Lea Salonga returns to Australia in early 2017

Tony and Olivier Award winning star Lea Salonga will return to Australia in February 2017. Salonga will perform at the Concert Hall at Sydney Opera House for the first time with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra on Friday and Saturday, February 3 and 4. She will also perform concerts at Hamer Hall at Arts Centre Melbourne with Orchestra Victoria on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 7 and 8.

For the tour announcement, Salonga commented, “I am so thrilled to be returning to Australia and performing at the iconic Sydney Opera House! This truly is a dream come true and to be working with the 50-piece Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria makes it that much more special. I can’t wait to see all my Australian fans and share a night of some of my favorite music with them.”

In Australia, Salonga will wow audiences with Broadway hits and movie greats, including hit songs from Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, West Side Story, Aladdin, Mulan, Frozen and A Little Night Music, amongst others.

With leading roles in London’s West End and on Broadway, including in Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, Salonga is known across the world for her powerful voice and perfect pitch. She was also made a “Disney Legend”, having been the singing voice of two Disney Princesses – Aladdin’s Princess Jasmine and the title role in Mulan.

The New York Times wrote, “Ms. Salonga is the vocal personification of what might be called the Broadway and Hollywood international style.”

TheaterMania said, “Salonga doesn’t disappoint her fans; she gives her all…her exquisite technique and commitment to the song is unmissable.”

Having begun her career as a child star in the Philippines, Salonga recorded her first album at the age of 10. She got her first big international break when Cameron Mackintosh cast her as Kim in the hugely successful musical Miss Saigon in 1989. She has since starred in Les Misérables as Éponine and as Fantine at different times, as well as starring in musicals such as Cats, Grease and Into the Woods all around the world. Most recently she was seen in the musical Allegiance on Broadway and as a judge on The Voice: Philippines. She is currently starring as a judge on the third season of The Voice Kids in the Philippines.  

Tickets for both cities for Lea Salonga in Concert can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com.au.