Musical Theatre Coach Reacts (LEA SALONGA "On My Own" - Les Misérables) 

No argument here.

For sure.

This is not debatable. She never disappoints

Next to Renee Goldsberry

EVER

1000 times agreed.

@@MarcDanielPatrick make it 2000 times

@@AABB-cn4yk make it 20000

Make it over 99999999999999999999

Just make it positive infinity

Hard to argue with that

I'm rooting for Frances Rufelle, the original Eponine on the West End and Broadway

Amen on that. I'm crying

​@@evaa-w5399sorry she doesn't come close to Lea

@@johnwright7307 Frances Rufelle is the original Eponine, on both the West End and the Broadway production, so I will always be based to her. That said, being Asian myself it's nice to see an Asian actress representing bigger roles

I mean, if you're ever going to have a singing idol - its not a bad one to choose. Thank you so much for the comment.

My dad's a choir teacher and he loves Lea.

@@raulaquino6553 There's 32 Links that you put in your comment, I wonder how much time that took.

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It makes sense. Lea’s technique is impeccable, and she’s reaped its rewards through the fact that her voice is still the same if not matured over the years!

I agree. Its a welcome change to actually hear what a singer is in fact SINGING about. Lea and Julie Andrews are two at the height of enunciating while singing.

The first time I saw her singing this, I realized how important it is to open my mouth and enunciate! :-)

Im sorry but you really can’t compare pop singers to musical theater.. that is so so different and Ariana Grande and everyone else are not trying to be that. And if you see performances of her doing musical theater you would actually see and notice her pronouncing and enunciating very differently and „better“ than her pop songs. I’m in no way of the biggest fan of her but that’s like comparing it to classical opera and choir music..

You should look up Floor Jansen (Nightwish- Ghost Love Score.) Speaking of a Master class in singing.

Hanna Sch n

Absolutely true

Check out 16 year old Lucy Thomas and Somewhere. There is one in the wings coming up.

How can the entire country not be so proud of her?

@@MarcDanielPatrick Oh! My! God! You replied?😅 By the way, I wanna grab this chance po sana to take this opportunity to ask for a favor if you can make a reaction video again with Ms.Lea Salonga where she sang 'Alone' originally by Celine Dion, and here's the link👇 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CXTn9q7YsSQ.html And, here's another link where she sang 'Human Heart,' theme song of the musical 'Once on this island.' And, I assure you that you will not be able to avoid smiling as she sings it. This song is so lovely.👇 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DuVt8Q4dk6Y.html Just choose between the two where you want to react or if you want, just choose both HAHA pls.but still it's up to you sir. Thankyou and Godbless❣️ I hope you can grant my request. Again... Thankyou❣️

@@MarcDanielPatrick yaaah super some people here at PH supports singers who are only supported by lip syncing.

One America loves her to like Marc she makes me cry all the time

Haha well said.

😂😍😂

Lol😂😂😂

Ahahaha i love him too

And a whole new world Alladin

@@carlvincentbriones9313 He knew and stated that @1:05

everybody forgot miss saigon, wew

@@bigjunior2 I didn't

3:27 just trying to save my time where I left

I think it's B. D Wong is the first Asian to win TONY.

@@archietrinidad2663 she said first asian woman. B D Wong is a man. Did he undergo sex change?

@@LupinLupinLupin ikr.. Mine is additional info abt the first Asian to win.. Again first Asian to win regardless of gender

@archie trinidad well she mentioned first asian woman. It was clear on her statement. What's the point of your "I think it's B.D Wong yada yada"? The video is about Lea. She doesn't need your additional info. It also only means you didn't understand what she said lol! 🤣

@@LupinLupinLupin if I wanted to give her an additional info or comment on her statement I wud address her...because that is the ryt thing to do to begin with.. Since I did not I perfectly read and understand what she wrote...

Great point.

Pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean by "belting"? Is this a common thing in musical theatre?

@@paulwilliams9365 yes belting is a singing technique. Most people i assume would associate it with just yelling obnoxiously if you haven’t had any training in singing. That’s not what it is. I often find it difficult to explain it in words but it’s basically singing high in chest voice. A lot of people would say that is wrong and that there is a lot more to it (and there is) but thats really the best way that i can explain it myself.

@@paulwilliams9365 belting is when you try to sing the high notes with your full, strong and natural voice (chest tone) rather than thinning it out a little to make it easier for you to hit the high notes ( they call it head tone).

But she is indeed not belting on the note “known”. She is doing a mix. There’s a lot of head voice in that note, therefore making life easier for her 😀

It’s coz she mixes voice so well

She even has a personal conductor which is her own brother.

@@wedhoz i almost say that if i didn't saw your comment🤣🤣

Why fun?

She has unlimited oxygen I believe.

Daniel Blair she is SO much better than Streisand in my opinion!

Three women stand out for me: Lea Salonga, Linda Eder, and Karen Carpenter. My vocal role models!

@@laurelinsongofgold oohh, nice.

Haha. Agreed.

Yes!!!

Mmm. true.

Beautifully expressed! Her face tells it all!

Shoutout to Frances Ruffelle's version on the original recording, which - as the version I grew up with - is my favourite.

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And that "darkness"

The first "without him" 😍

Well said Chris.

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Yes a little drop of rain with Michael Ball as Marius is lovely. Compare to 25th anniversary and 34th last year was terrible in comparison. Phrasing!!!!!

Michael Ball

You're so lucky to have watched it live! How's the experience?

I am so proud of Lea. She made a big mark on the map for the Filipinos.. She is a legend... A valuable treasure of the Philippines... I bow down to you Ms. Lea Salonga Chien 🏆👋🙏😘

Different styles. But you might be onto something there.

I like Sia and will listen to Ariana (great voice, songs are not all my fave) but both sound like they have a mouth full of Novocain in comparison to Lea, Audra, etc. Different styles, absolutely, but let’s wake it up just a bit. Of course, here I sit with MY millions...

When Arianna was a teenager doing musical theatre her technique was exceptional, her enunciation was crystal clear. She made a deliberate change in her approach to pop music. I don't like it but it's clearly intentional as she doesn't do it when she returns to musical theatre. She is capable of much better.

@corvus13 Ariana Grande is a pop singer not a broadway star. She's singing in pop music hence why her enunciation is like that, it's what appeals the mass audience which is why she does it intentionally.

@@ambernyx3433 She appeared on Broadway before she became a recording star.

Couldn't agree more. ty

She's a coach/judge now in the voice teens Philippines

She still does.

I saw Alfie Boe and Michael Ball on a chat show a while back and they were joking about how Schonberg and Boublil could make a whole show out of one melody and how Lord Weber did a bit of that himself. A bit of exaggeration, but not far off the mark. LOL.

In the Original French Concept Album, track 2 is "L'air de la misere", sung by Fantine, whose verse and refrain became the intro and verse of "On my own". Rough translation from the first stanza of the recitative, adjusted for meter to make its musical placement clear: "I had some pretty little faults; I was reserved I was coquettish. A bit naive but not too much, I I would not become loose-headed. And I would find great joy, in a bird's sing; in a new day." First stanza of the refrain: "Misery is mother of no one; misery, always sister of men. And nobody on earth wants it as daughter, like a bastard that's born within a cell in the Bastille". When Valjean comes to Fantine's aid (track 6), she sings "Are you an angel or a demon? I'd rather die than have again these false hopes" with the melody that became the bridge for "Come to me" and "On my own", and Valjean responds with a promise to rescue Cosette, sung to the tune of refrain of "L'air de la misere". In the OFCA, the intro to "Come to me" didn't appear until the finale, were Valjean sang "I'm not alone; I am happy. I see again your smile, before my death" and Cosette gets her reply which gets very literally translated--including verb forms--"You will live, papa, you are going to live"--to the "On my own" bridge tune before Valjean repeats the "L'air de la misere" refrain tune, but with "The light is in the hearts of men."

Alfie Boe is my Valjean, although I do adore Colm... Alfie just... That man cannot be human with what his voice is capable of. I prefer both Norm Lewis and Micheal Ball to Phillip Quast for Javert... Lea is my favorite Eponine AND Fantine!!! That is damn near impossible a feat.... Ugh... Lea Salonga... Is a goddess!!!

Yeah, I really love that. I love that the first third of Les Miz includes snatches of motifs and melodies that will later be presented as full songs, but that the emotions and characters mirror each other. How the Bishop's motif to Valjean echoes the later "Empty Chairs," how Valjean's revelation after the Bishop's salvation echoes Javert's own later potential despair, and how Fantine's "Come with Me" echoes Eponine's "On My Own" (both scenarios in their minds), etc. And so many more. It's beautifully done throughout the show.

I went to college in NYC and went to see the Broadway production at least once a semester. I could never hold it together during the show (and still can’t, nearly 20 years later!).

Mmmm. yes yes. Another fav.

I cry whenever I listen to this huhu

Agreed!

The Song ON MY OWN was written For Her… The song had waited and waited until IT Found HER…. and when IT was Time for her to sing THE SONG, she Found IT ❣️❤️❣️

Haha it can get embarrassing at times.

Marc Daniel Patrick it’s only embarrassing when you’re attending a show and don’t know the person next to you and they clearly are not as into it as you are 😂

The Garden City ....or better yet compare the 10th and 25th anniversary concert performance of Les Mis 😉

as much as i love Lea Salonga and that Fantine performance, I actually prefer Ruthie Henshal's performance from the 10th anniversary

Please do!! We saw Lea as Fantine in the Broadway production ~12 or so years ago, and stayed to meet her after the show. It was seriously the highlight of the year...she is phenomenal, and to see her in my favourite musical to boot!

A very underrated aspect of live musical theatre, I would agree. If you've watched any other videos on my channel, my catch phrase is "God Bless The Orchestra Pit" - t-shirts coming soon! :) Thank you for the comment.

So glad its not just me! Haha.

@@MarcDanielPatrick Haha, No one can blame us!!! Lea Salonga was my introduction to musicals and how wonderful they can be. This song was the reason why.

Haha. That a golden rule of yours?

Couldn't agree more. ty

Great cast...every step

“SALONGA”

@@nemabel ok. Soooolonnnnnagggaaaa

Right? Its perfection.

Same.

*doctor

Aw, thank you so much.

Dont we all wish we were there!