Opera Singer Reacts to Lea Salonga - On My Own (Les Misérables)

Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga, OL, (/ˈleɪə səˈlɒŋɡə/) is a Filipina singer and actress, best known for her roles in musical theatre, for supplying the singing voices of two Disney Princesses (Jasmine and Mulan), and as a recording artist and television performer.

"On My Own" is a solo from the 1980 musical Les Misérables for the part of Éponine. Beginning in the key of D major, modulating to Bb major, then ending in F major, this is the most important song for the role of Éponine. In the song, she expresses her unrequited love for the character Marius, and how she dreams of being at his side but knows his love is for Cosette and not for her.

Les Misérables colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz is a sung-through musical and an adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name, by Claude-Michel Schönberg (music), Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel (original French lyrics), and Herbert Kretzmer (English lyrics).
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Lea Salonga - On My Own (Les Misérables) [720p]
Les Misérables 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Lea Salonga (Éponine)
Conductor: David Charles Abell
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

[morisettea]

She holds the record for being the ONLY actress in the world for having won the Olivier and the Tony for the same role, an extremely difficult feat given the challenge of having to impress critics on both sides of the pond!

[kentasbury]

This performance is considered one of the best in musical theater history.

[MichaelPolzien]

Fun fact, the standing ovation after this performance was 10 minutes long!

[thomas_the_cat]

her pronounciations are so clean... a lot of singers can hit notes easily, but its not everyday we hear ones that hit the notes and have crystal clear words at the same time

[dominiquewong]

She is the very few musical singers that you don't need subtitles to understand. Her diction is just so clear.

[EllaB]

“I was in an environment where there were a lot of singers were celebrated for being belters. That made me ask myself back then, ‘Where do I fit in because I don’t really do this—my voice quality is really different.’ Do I have a place in music? But then Miss Saigon happened and that was where my voice found its fit.” Lea is not really known for high belting. She’s known for the quality of her voice, her proper technique without ruining her voice- she’s gone thru that during first year of MS. She’s made a name in the industry that songs are adjusted or written for her.

[aubreyrose]

Lea is a very intelligent person. The pride of the Philippines. Thanks for appreciating.❤❤❤

[Antenox]

You need to react to the whole 10th Anniversary Concert of Les Mis!

[RexAlfieLee]

This song is about a girl who's a dreamer but she has moments of reality. When she's imagining she sings like a girl but when reality bites her voice becomes more like a woman. She's superb.

[jamnee]

I cry every time I hear this song, especially toward the end. The note Lea sings on the word "known" is one of the most beautiful I have ever heard.

[Andy_]

And yes she is the only 2x Disney princess. Disney bestow her as a "Disney Legend" in 2011, awarding her together with the other princesses like Ariel, belle, Tiana of the princess and the frog. She recently said in an interview that aside from the heavy award she received and plaque displayed with her handprint and signature. Also one of the perks is that she can go to Disneyland anywhere (even the Disney outside the US) whenever she wants for free and she doesn't need to fall in line..how awesome is that.

[iamjheuz]

This performance of Lea Salonga made Eponine the most loved character in the musical. Eponine has gone more than just a minor character because of the great impact this performance has made.

[alesh]

Lea’s diction is really clear as crystal!

[jericgilcobilla]

She is the original singing voice of Jasmine's "A whole new world" from the Disney movie Aladdin and "Reflection" from the Disney movie Mulan. That's why she sounds like a Disney princess because she is really the voice of a Disney princess. :)

[kardokodakero]

What's so mind blowing about this reaction is for her to have never heard of Lea Salonga.

[thebelovedone]

Here, Lea sets the gold standard for On My Own. The harsh diction (along with the hands in pocket and then the closed folded arms) in the beginning was a character choice, eventually opening up, then ending the song with dreamy softness.

[mikeyfraile]

Leah Salonga was performing in stage in the Philippines since childhood her best performance and made her well remembered when she played the role of Annie and make the song tommorow more popular and well remember her for singing this song she grew up in stage performing untill she audition for Miss Saigon

[JoePlantitoVlogs]

Philippines' Voice Icon ... the Legend Lea Congrats!

[louisec.]

fun fact: lea first auditioned for the role of kim from miss saigon. to familiarize lea with the song she's going to sing for the audition they played it for her three times. all versions have different alterations. after hearing them play lea asked them "which version would you want me to sing?". they were all shocked because she was able to memorize all three versions of the song in just one listen. they said they have never come across a performer like that before.

[Andy_]

Lea is a goddess. If you know "On my own" then she is known as one of the best who sang that song. The epitome of Eponine. She didn't audition for that role, it was a straight casting then go on as Fantine in the 25th anniversary. Her recent broadway show was "Once on this island", she played Erzulie, the goddess of love. They performed in the Tony's and the show won as the Best revival.