The world-famous star singer Lea Salonga, will appear 'live' with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra on 9, 10 February 2008 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall. A bona fide "Disney Princess", Lea is the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney's Aladdin and the singing voice of Mulan in Mulan and Mulan 2. She is also the Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award-winning star of the blockbuster musical Miss Saigon.
Under the baton of Gerard Salonga, Lea Salonga and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra will treat audiences to some of the best loved Disney and Broadway musical numbers, such as A Whole New World (Aladdin), Colours of the Wind (Pocahontas), On My Own (Les Misérables), I'd Give My Life for you (Miss Saigon) and many more. She recently made a tremendously successful 8-city US tour and sold out Carnegie Hall in a new show directed by Richard Jay-Alexander, director of Barbara Streisand's Timeless Farewell tour.
Lea gained international stardom for her award-winning lead role as Kim on Broadway in the 1991 production of Miss Saigon. She not only won a Tony Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical," but also the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Laurence Olivier Award (in London where Miss Saigon originated).
In 2002, Salonga made another splash on Broadway starring in the hit revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammersteins’s Flower Drum Song, earning her another Tony nomination as Outstanding Leading Actress in a Musical. Earlier this year, Lea returned to Broadway to star as Fantine in the 2006 revival of Les Misérables and in July 2008 she will embark on a 39-week tour of Asia and the Philippines starring in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.
Don't miss this rare chance to catch the beautiful face and voice of Mulan and Miss Saigon 'LIVE' in Hong Kong. -- www.hkpo.com
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#1 Correction. Lea wasn't
Correction. Lea wasn't nominated in the Tonys for her stint in Flower Drum Song. But, Time Magazine included the show in its list of Top Ten Theatre Shows for that year and the cast recording was nominated in the Grammys in the Best Cast Recording category. =)