but the fact is this is not the audition. it's already part of the rehearsal, 1st day of the rehearsal to be specific, then the role Kim was offered to her. the description of this vi is kinda misleading.
This was an audition, another video on TH-cam mislabeled this as the first day of rehearsal. First day of rehearsal was in London at the theater. This was when they were still searching for cast members and they had been traveling around the world searching for "Kim" when they finally landed in the Philippines and then this moment happened. I remember watching the original documentary during the time that Miss Saigon was created and this was the moment she was discovered.
@@julieannlabador2100 I am a GenXer and I remember this audition. Actually, many foreigners were not aware then and even now that many Filipinos can speak English with native-like fluency like Lea Salonga so she floored them with her diction and singing prowess at such a young age. Cameron even went to Vietnam but couldn't find a good singer without the Vietnamese accent. In another video, Cameron said he was astounded by the Filipino theater artists that he recommended Western theater people to cast Filipino singers in musicals needing an Asian character.
Yes She said in a interview that even as a kid She never felt so scared performing at the young age in front of the crowd How unbelievably amazing and gifted
I originally saw this audition many years ago, and it still gives me goose bumps. At age seventeen, Lea was already so extraordinarily gifted and poised, it's almost otherworldly. The giddy look on the faces of the composers, producers, etc. says it all.
Nancy Smith me too. I've watched this video a million times but still it gives me volts of goose bumps! Until now.. even she's quite old.. ( not totally old, I mean she already had a children) her voice is still the same. Very powerful and angelic.
I read in one article that during the rehearsal, Lea is in diffrent key only to find out that she's the only one in the right key, everybody including the orchestra are all in the wrong key... Really musically gifted...everyone who works with her says that she never ever fail to hit a single note... So perferct hindi nagkakamali when it comes to singing...
@@yoronjo Initially I had the same question, only to find out that it is said, they changed the key of all the musical pieces of the orchestra but they forgot to change the piece given to Lea. So, she was singing the original notes, from the piece given to her which was different from all others in the orchestra. It shows she can sing the notes exactly from the piece, independent of the instruments on her background.
My impression is the sense of destiny or inevitability surrounding Lea and the reactions of the crew to her audition. Its as if they realise they are watching history / destiny unfold with a truly great talent and just want to spectate and take in the moment - because as much as they are selecting her, she has in fact chosen them.
I agree!!! The video is amazing: We are able to watch the artistic magic of two extraordinary talents - legendary composer Claude-Michel Schönberg and the angelic Lea Salonga - quickly and almost effortlessly read each other's artistic genius and produce phenomenal beauty right before our eyes. I love this!
It was kind of evidenced by the fact that her audition song was On My Own from Les Mis a show by the same composers. Your right on there, she literally chose them since she sang their song.
Miss Lea Salonga raised the Philippine Flag in Broadway, made every Filipino proud and graced the world with her beautiful and magical voice. She is and will always be a precious princess. A musical legend.
Imagine their feeling of finally finding their Kim. Flash forward, Lea has grown into an elegant, beautiful woman. Lea will always be Cameron's wild card. When Frances refused the 10th anniversary, Lea was there to save it. After critics, audiences practically ran Daphney out as Fantine, Lea was the replacement. Thus boosting ticket sales. Same as Miss Saigon when she reprise her role. 25th Les Mis gave the anniversary west end/broadway royal status with her in it. Amazing to see her blossom.
It was like a “eureka” for the team after her first try. You can see their smiles of excitement as if wanting to listen more of her runs...and the rest is history, indeed. She’s just shown them a glimpse of what she is and could become-a package known. Her enunciation is one that makes her distinct, captures audience, and makes us all believe in all her portrayals. What a talent. I could watch videos of her here in YT again and again, still in awe. And again in 2019. Haha. Thank for uploading.
I agree with you completely. Her unsurpassed advantage over other singers is her impeccable enunciation, in addition to her keen interpretation of the emotions/feelings that go with the message of the song/s she's singing. I also notice that her face doesn't contort even when she's reaching high notes.
What I really like about Lea is that she's not overdoing it. She sings every note effortlessly yet perfectly. It just sounds naturally! Plus she has that natural beauty and innocent-look, like a main character in a good movie. She's a total package! Ps. First time I had these many likes. Thanks!
She can read keys.. the composer, director and producer were so impressed. Monique Wilson was also an understudy Kim. Wilson then played Kim in London when Lea conquered US.
0:52 Sun and Moon 3:18 The Movie in My Mind 5:28 I'd Give My Life For You 6:16 Too Much For One Heart 6:42 The Fall of Saigon 7:49 This Money's Yours 8:43 This is the Hour
These auditions for Ms Sagon Saigon were held more than 30 years ago. They were really searching for their Miss Saigon ( Kim). They searched in UK, US and finally the Philippines. I noticed that during Lea Salonga's audition, the other key persons were really watching Lea so intently, it is only after that they SMILE and BREATHE a SIGH of RELIEF. After searching for so long and from so far .. They FINALLY FOUND THEIR MISS SAIGON.... NOT ONLY ONE BUT TWO( 2) young girls Lea Salonga and Monique Wilson ý( childhood friends) from the Philippines who could perform the very much coveted role alternately. .. when shows starts running. It still really amazes watching the videos of this audition after 30 years .. The music and her voice is so BEAUTIFUL AND TIMELESS!!!
to be honest, as a filipino myself, she definitely looks mixed. I don't even pass for filipino but I know she doesn't look like the majority, or like people who get more than 80% on a dna test for being austronesian.
I think she dressed the part. When she auditioned (with On My Own) she was dressed in a more sophisticated way. Here you see she’s wearing a plain blouse, hair in a simple pony. Lea is very professional
@@nenabunena My family has seen Lea Salonga in person and she doesn't look like the native Filipina but neither does she look mestiza. She really is very pretty in person compared to her pictures which made her face look flat sometimes.
@Viper 47 She is neither a native-looking Filipina nor white. Neither is she a mestiza but she has a very unique look in person and very pretty compared to her pictures that made her face look flat at times. Yes, my family has seen her in person.
Song Titles: - Sun and Moon - The Movie in my Mind - I'd give my life for you - Too much for one heart - Kim's Nightmare - Overture - This money's yours - This is the hour Hope it's all right:)
Here are some remarks from the people behind Miss Saigon after Lea auditioned and got the part of Kim. “We all welled up with emotion because we knew, for the first time in a long audition process, that Miss Saigon could be done. She unlocked the door to the show.” - Vincent Liff, one of the show’s casting directors “Until we went to Manila and heard Lea sing our songs, we never thought that we would find Kim. She is the most amazing and intuitive professional of her age that I have ever met.” - Alain Boublil To familiarize Lea with a song(just not sure which particular song), Schönberg played it 3 times. There were alterations in each version. Lea: “Which version do you want me to sing?” Mackintosh: “She remembered all 3 versions! That’s uncanny! I’ve never come across it in a performer before. It’s a gift!”
I love how innocent she looked in the audition. Leah was actually a professional singer already singing as a child for many years in the Philippines. When they were doing auditions in San Francisco & looking for Asians who could sing and speak good English, I introduced them to the Philippines for musical talent :-).
1:30 The ethereal quality of her voice at 17 is just mind-blowing and jealousy-inducing. Seriously no wonder why she's in such high demand: it only got better.
Eva Noblezada is now Lea's heir to the role of Kim for the 2014 release. Glad to know Rachel Ann Go nabbed the role of Gigi. Finally, Jonjon Briones as the Engineer. 3 Filipinos, wow!
Jen Cafranca She has to Forge her own path. She doesn't need to measure up to her. Eva IMHO just needs to find where to place here talent so she can shine brighter.
I think I've already heard Lea's audition a thousand times yet it still gives me the chills. Imagine it's the very first time she sang Sun and Moon and I think it's her best performance of it because there's something raw and innocent in the way she sang it at this moment :)
I'm 15 year old girl, but I'm absolutely in love with Lea Salonga. I feel that not much younger generations today appreciate old classical musicals or releases. I've been idolizing her since I was little, there's something in her magical voice that always gives me the chills and makes me extremely emotional. I remember, young little me would always search her performances on the internet and I would watch it all day, I basically binge-watched anything Lea related haha. She's like my comfort. It's been years and I still listen to her, and my only wish is to hear her sing live; that'd truly be a dream come true. Thank you Ms. Lea for inspiring people ❤️
Love this! And I agree with you. 17-yr old Lea still gives me goosebumps even now that I'm 34. If I could make a suggestion, listen to Laufey. She's bringing classical jazz a modern twist and she's starting to gain traction. Although it's not similar to this, but she has that theatrical, dreamy feel to her. I hope you enjoy her music!
I said it once and I will say it again a million times over... THIS IS PURE TALENT SENT FROM ABOVE. That voice is naturally full of emotions and nuances. The tone and the enunciation are just RIGHT there matching with the melody and emotions. Many people spend years and years and years practicing, trying and honing and still couldn't do it, and she just stood there and nailed it like that.
Wow! Just wow! Too bad (or perhaps good) that Lea didn’t live in an era when everything is posted on social media. She would have gone viral! Such talent and elegance is very rare nowadays.
Chloe Ann Panapan To be honest I'm glad she's not born in this generation when everything is just an instant. She pave her way through hard work and extraordinary voice.
It's better that she lived that era.. She've gone viral even without social media.. If there is, she might be labeled as a traffic star, and will receive praises as well as bashings from bashers who know nothing but to troll..
miss lea salonga tony award winner for best actress in 1991 for portraying kim the led character in the hit musical miss saigon, and is the first filipina to won numerous international awards for the same role, taking home the olivier, drama desk, outer critics, and the theater world awards
I'm surprised that up to now, our local showbiz does not make a film about the life of Lea Salonga. Even a documentary. She is a source of inspiration especially for Filipinas. Intelligent and self-confident. And most of all a very talented singer which almost all Filipinos can relate to. It's our natural gift as a people.
The only singer I heard with the clearest pronunciation of words everytime she sings, she also hits every low and high notes as well consistently in her songs
When the camera zoomed out during he first song and we see everyone there for the first time it was then I realized that they were up close and enthralled, rather than sitting at a table in the audience as we usually see them do hehe.
I always get chills watching Lea sing Gigi's part in The Movie in My Mind during the callback audition. Amazing how she was able to quickly and confidently learn to sing musical pieces she only encountered for the first time that day
So magical, the audition is the best, even better than its recording. I hope there would be a whole recording with this kind of arrangement. Goosebumps!
The Miss Saigon team hit it when they reached Manila, Philippines. They found many artists for the completion of the characters including the lead role Kim for Lea Salonga and alternate Kim for Monique Wilson. 🏆🤩
You just know a winning theater voice like Patti Lu Pone. There is a presence. Something just makes someone an "it" that stands out. You almost are assured they are headed for stardom. The range and strength in her voice, incredible!
Her voice never changed. From her voice when she's a child to her voice now. Nothing changed. She is already vocally trained when she was a fetus. Even though she's aging, she's improving. Just woww. She is born to sing.
She's only 17 here? Her audition looks 80's ish. She looks like such a cutie too. Not a stitch of makeup and brows untouched. It looks like she grooms her brows now days but still looks good.
She's my favorite Filipino singer/actress since then,her simplicity ,her amazing talent that anyone can recognized,we can really feel every word when she's singing/talking,A pride of Philippines ,a World class talent,I am proud being a Filipino ...thankyou for sharing,Godbless everyone ....Godbless the one and only Lea Salonga😘😘😘🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏,Mabuhay Pilipinas!🏻🙏🏻
This brings back so many memories! I was in high school when she was in Miss Saigon, I’m 2 years younger than her, and she was already popular here in the early 1990’s since we have a huge Filipino community here in Hawai’i. I got to watch her sing live in the mid-2000s and she sounds so much better in a concert hall! 😍❤️😍❤️
I’ve watched this so many times wishing that I’ll get to hear her live one day and that day is finally coming. I still can’t believe I’ll finally get to watch her live performing as Mrs Lovett this Friday 😭
The original full video with the world wide search for the Miss Saigon lead was terrific...especially when the composers finally hear the incredible voice of Lea and know their search is over❗️
![Lea Salonga - On My Own (Les Misérables) [720p]](/img/n.gif)
When she’s singing, we dont even need lyrics lol her pronounciation is clearer than any water
Pronunciation*
Truuee. I could literally understand every word she sings 😭
Appreciated that
I so agreeeeeee
@@athinamarfil yap
Her voice is really timeless. It hasn't aged from 17 to 46 years old. An Ageless voice
Kawaii Girl Juanita and now 48 🔥
Kawaii Girl Juanita it did age, but it’s as good if not better
Her aged voice became more magical, it's like a fine wine to a good wine to the best wine.
Miyo Lo exactly what I'm thinking
And going to be 49 almost
She won that gig by hitting the low note, not the high note. Love it!
Absolutely. I love how she hit that low note God so pure and angelic.
Yes!
And the vibrato. My gadddhhhh
I dont understand music but I would like to learn, Would you mind to inform me which minute she hits the low note, please?
@@vanessa_san i think it's 2'29. But i'm not sure.
2024? Who's with me??
I love this piece
2020 in the midst of corona and still watching for the nth times.
I watch this everyday i also download this
I'm with you :)
esp the Sun and Moon part. Ugh 😭💖
I React this is me
Same here.. 🙋🏻♀️
She's singing in front of the two lyricist, the producer, and the director...
I didn’t expect they were watching right in front of her! Like a ruler away!
Yeah and she doesnt look nervous.. amazing talent.
This is the reason why I like auditions a lot. It's unveiling. You can witness magic as it happens right before your eyes.
ME TOO!!!!!
but the fact is this is not the audition. it's already part of the rehearsal, 1st day of the rehearsal to be specific, then the role Kim was offered to her. the description of this vi is kinda misleading.
This was an audition, another video on TH-cam mislabeled this as the first day of rehearsal. First day of rehearsal was in London at the theater. This was when they were still searching for cast members and they had been traveling around the world searching for "Kim" when they finally landed in the Philippines and then this moment happened. I remember watching the original documentary during the time that Miss Saigon was created and this was the moment she was discovered.
Julie Ann Labador yes she did audition with a les mis song I believe, but this was still part of the screening process
@@julieannlabador2100 I am a GenXer and I remember this audition. Actually, many foreigners were not aware then and even now that many Filipinos can speak English with native-like fluency like Lea Salonga so she floored them with her diction and singing prowess at such a young age. Cameron even went to Vietnam but couldn't find a good singer without the Vietnamese accent. In another video, Cameron said he was astounded by the Filipino theater artists that he recommended Western theater people to cast Filipino singers in musicals needing an Asian character.
When Lea Salonga sings .. Enunciation just comes out at level:999999999999999
Joshua Adam Tomoay The enunciation for goodness sake! 😭
Not diction
Hays diction😥
English: Enunciation
Filipinos: Diction
@@llenseygumaha8098 plssss help meeee po! What’s the difference between enunciation, diction, articulation, and pronunciation?
It's April 05 2019 and still watching this. Who is with me??? 😁
🙋♀️
lance de leon me
lance de leon april 23 hereeee
🙋
How old was Lea here btw?
Lost souls like me come to hear heavenly sound of angel’s pure soul hoping we still have a bit of this in us
It is november 15 2019, who’s watching with me?
Me haha
stooshe sassy me
me too
stooshe sassy i am with you
November 19, 2019!
even during her audition, even as a kid, leah's confidence was already so solid no nerves could break her.
Yes
She said in a interview that even as a kid
She never felt so scared performing at the young age in front of the crowd
How unbelievably amazing and gifted
I originally saw this audition many years ago, and it still gives me goose bumps. At age seventeen, Lea was already so extraordinarily gifted and poised, it's almost otherworldly. The giddy look on the faces of the composers, producers, etc. says it all.
Even when she was still a child,
Couldnt agree more. She is a one in a billion talent
Nancy Smith me too. I've watched this video a million times but still it gives me volts of goose bumps! Until now.. even she's quite old.. ( not totally old, I mean she already had a children) her voice is still the same. Very powerful and angelic.
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dba trained sya ni sir ryan cayabyab?
I read in one article that during the rehearsal, Lea is in diffrent key only to find out that she's the only one in the right key, everybody including the orchestra are all in the wrong key... Really musically gifted...everyone who works with her says that she never ever fail to hit a single note... So perferct hindi nagkakamali when it comes to singing...
There was an interview with regine. And she said that she is a relative pitch and Lea is perfect pitch.
I have perfect pitch too!
a little confused. how could the orchestra who's reading the notes would be off key?
@@yoronjo Initially I had the same question, only to find out that it is said, they changed the key of all the musical pieces of the orchestra but they forgot to change the piece given to Lea. So, she was singing the original notes, from the piece given to her which was different from all others in the orchestra. It shows she can sing the notes exactly from the piece, independent of the instruments on her background.
she has a photographic memory.. she could memorize the entire play and script during miss saigon.. she knew if her co-actor did a mistake..
Admit it…this isn’t your first time watching this.😅
5 millionth maybe lol
Yup. Hahaha
yes even watching it til now ❤
I can’t believe that this was the first time she heard that song. It sounds like a performance. Pure perfection.
My impression is the sense of destiny or inevitability surrounding Lea and the reactions of the crew to her audition.
Its as if they realise they are watching history / destiny unfold with a truly great talent and just want to spectate and take in the moment - because as much as they are selecting her, she has in fact chosen them.
Very well said!
I agree!!! The video is amazing: We are able to watch the artistic magic of two extraordinary talents - legendary composer Claude-Michel Schönberg and the angelic Lea Salonga - quickly and almost effortlessly read each other's artistic genius and produce phenomenal beauty right before our eyes. I love this!
+bg anonimouse What you just said was one of the most beautiful and inspirational things i have ever heard.
bg anonimouse yah, talking about destiny .. she's 17 turning 18 at that time 😃the required age to play kim👍🏻
It was kind of evidenced by the fact that her audition song was On My Own from Les Mis a show by the same composers. Your right on there, she literally chose them since she sang their song.
Miss Lea Salonga raised the Philippine Flag in Broadway, made every Filipino proud and graced the world with her beautiful and magical voice. She is and will always be a precious princess. A musical legend.
Made every Asian person proud too.
❤
Imagine their feeling of finally finding their Kim. Flash forward, Lea has grown into an elegant, beautiful woman. Lea will always be Cameron's wild card. When Frances refused the 10th anniversary, Lea was there to save it. After critics, audiences practically ran Daphney out as Fantine, Lea was the replacement. Thus boosting ticket sales. Same as Miss Saigon when she reprise her role. 25th Les Mis gave the anniversary west end/broadway royal status with her in it. Amazing to see her blossom.
Wow this comment was 9 years ago
This comment was 10 years ago.🥺 I'm 10 at that time
hopefully this person who wrote the comment above,will see our comments after 10yrs.
wow this comment is 11yrs old already.
Wow I want to belong , I love Lea
2:13 they’re all so focused like “shit we found her”
They look so bored at the beginning and then suddenly: bam!
Who else watching in 2019 !!?????
sutradara me!
Me!! All a lot more videos of her❤️👑
2024
Ja
2060
I'm am forever grateful there was someone with a camera throughout this process.
That first song alwayssssss makes me cry!
Same ❤
Yesss
The start of a Broadway legend
A West End legend in London
knuclear2010
Yup and a Disney Princess of a legend, too !
she doesnt look like 17 in this video.. seems like shes only 12
jonathan rada she really was 17 though..
That is how 17yearsolds behaves back then.
shes not wearing make up. I'm also 17, and everyone says I look 12 haha.
Ahhhahaha I agree, she looks younger than 17
jonathan rada
It’s called “SWAG” | “Something We Asians Got”
Who’s watching this 2024 because of Miss Saigon World Tour?
WHAT????????? There's a WORLD TOUR?????????? I had no idea! THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME!
I wish they are coming back to Germany would be my 3rd time to watch.
Vietnamese here and I just wanna say that it's an honor to hear Lea sings in this role. She did a fantastic job. Sending love ❤
british people are very hard to please, but Lea nailed it, she is so dedicated.
toughest audition ever- no birit/ belting of voice but it should be on perfect tune--
I can hear Mulan and Princess Jasmine in Lea Salonga, and this isn't even Disney! This is Miss Saigon! That's how pretty her voice his.
She sang Reflection and A Whole New World
January 1, 2020 and I’m still in awe! Who’s watching?
Me Jan 3,2020🎉
me and im 70 years old
feb. 2020
Feb 2020
May 21, 2020 ofcourse again and again
It was like a “eureka” for the team after her first try. You can see their smiles of excitement as if wanting to listen more of her runs...and the rest is history, indeed. She’s just shown them a glimpse of what she is and could become-a package known. Her enunciation is one that makes her distinct, captures audience, and makes us all believe in all her portrayals. What a talent. I could watch videos of her here in YT again and again, still in awe. And again in 2019. Haha. Thank for uploading.
I agree with you completely. Her unsurpassed advantage over other singers is her impeccable enunciation, in addition to her keen interpretation of the emotions/feelings that go with the message of the song/s she's singing. I also notice that her face doesn't contort even when she's reaching high notes.
and her endurance and consistency!!!
it was because she was Kim - the look, the age, and could sing. She was Kim.
Well having absolute pitch also helped. 😅
What I really like about Lea is that she's not overdoing it. She sings every note effortlessly yet perfectly. It just sounds naturally! Plus she has that natural beauty and innocent-look, like a main character in a good movie. She's a total package!
Ps. First time I had these many likes. Thanks!
She can read keys.. the composer, director and producer were so impressed. Monique Wilson was also an understudy Kim. Wilson then played Kim in London when Lea conquered US.
0:52 Sun and Moon
3:18 The Movie in My Mind
5:28 I'd Give My Life For You
6:16 Too Much For One Heart
6:42 The Fall of Saigon
7:49 This Money's Yours
8:43 This is the Hour
Thank you 😍
I stiil believe
Up
i need the full version of too much for one heart
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ She's Incredible and fantastic❤❤
We all know Filipinos can hit the high notes but by God - her low notes were divine.😱
These auditions for Ms Sagon Saigon were held more than 30 years ago. They were really searching for their Miss Saigon ( Kim). They searched in UK, US and finally the Philippines. I noticed that during Lea Salonga's audition, the other key persons were really watching Lea so intently, it is only after that they SMILE and BREATHE a SIGH of RELIEF. After searching for so long and from so far ..
They FINALLY FOUND THEIR
MISS SAIGON.... NOT ONLY ONE
BUT TWO( 2) young girls Lea Salonga and Monique Wilson ý( childhood friends) from the Philippines who could perform
the very much coveted role alternately. .. when shows starts running.
It still really amazes watching the videos of this audition after 30 years .. The music and her voice is so BEAUTIFUL AND TIMELESS!!!
and literally half of the cast of the production!
actually 3…the fabulous Jamie Rivera was the 3rd Kim
Hmmm and was that Jenine Desiderio? @ 7:32? Janella Salvador's mom? Correct me if I'm wrong 😊
Pinky Amador @@imafilipinayofficial
she doesn't even have makeup and lispstick.. really refreshing
what does that mean? she looks very filipina actually, she doesn't even look mixed, but native
to be honest, as a filipino myself, she definitely looks mixed. I don't even pass for filipino but I know she doesn't look like the majority, or like people who get more than 80% on a dna test for being austronesian.
I think she dressed the part. When she auditioned (with On My Own) she was dressed in a more sophisticated way. Here you see she’s wearing a plain blouse, hair in a simple pony. Lea is very professional
@@nenabunena My family has seen Lea Salonga in person and she doesn't look like the native Filipina but neither does she look mestiza. She really is very pretty in person compared to her pictures which made her face look flat sometimes.
@Viper 47 She is neither a native-looking Filipina nor white. Neither is she a mestiza but she has a very unique look in person and very pretty compared to her pictures that made her face look flat at times. Yes, my family has seen her in person.
Song Titles:
- Sun and Moon
- The Movie in my Mind
- I'd give my life for you
- Too much for one heart
- Kim's Nightmare
- Overture
- This money's yours
- This is the hour
Hope it's all right:)
thank u
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@@isabelleprado3430 John valjean's number as prisoner😉
03:04 the moment they knew they had found their star.
The little wiggle of the pinky of the guy in the left!!
Here are some remarks from the people behind Miss Saigon after Lea auditioned and got the part of Kim.
“We all welled up with emotion because we knew, for the first time in a long audition process, that Miss Saigon could be done. She unlocked the door to the show.” - Vincent Liff, one of the show’s casting directors
“Until we went to Manila and heard Lea sing our songs, we never thought that we would find Kim. She is the most amazing and intuitive professional of her age that I have ever met.” - Alain Boublil
To familiarize Lea with a song(just not sure which particular song), Schönberg played it 3 times. There were alterations in each version.
Lea: “Which version do you want me to sing?”
Mackintosh: “She remembered all 3 versions! That’s uncanny! I’ve never come across it in a performer before. It’s a gift!”
Lea had a very good foundation..she started at an early age .I saw her in New York with her mom , no make up but so pretty and so sweet.
I love how innocent she looked in the audition. Leah was actually a professional singer already singing as a child for many years in the Philippines. When they were doing auditions in San Francisco & looking for Asians who could sing and speak good English, I introduced them to the Philippines for musical talent :-).
The look in the man in red's face right after Sun and Moon says: yes...she is the one...
Leandro Pingo Batista i believe the director Nicholas Hytner
Her voice is so angelic , when she sang the first lyrics “ You are sunlight and I moon “ my tears just started to flow
When she first started singing my heart tried to leap out of my chest
One lea salonga in recommendation
I watch
I search
I stay
Now I'm stuck
1:30 The ethereal quality of her voice at 17 is just mind-blowing and jealousy-inducing. Seriously no wonder why she's in such high demand: it only got better.
Eva Noblezada is now Lea's heir to the role of Kim for the 2014 release. Glad to know Rachel Ann Go nabbed the role of Gigi. Finally, Jonjon Briones as the Engineer. 3 Filipinos, wow!
carriericks2000 Devin Ilaw as Thuy is also a Filipino :)
But cant copy lea's achievements in west end and broadway
carriericks2000 no
Jen Cafranca She has to Forge her own path. She doesn't need to measure up to her. Eva IMHO just needs to find where to place here talent so she can shine brighter.
@@quantumchase watch hadestown, eva is amazing
Wow it's June 2024 I've been watching her all the time. She's the best❤
I think I've already heard Lea's audition a thousand times yet it still gives me the chills. Imagine it's the very first time she sang Sun and Moon and I think it's her best performance of it because there's something raw and innocent in the way she sang it at this moment :)
I'm 15 year old girl, but I'm absolutely in love with Lea Salonga. I feel that not much younger generations today appreciate old classical musicals or releases. I've been idolizing her since I was little, there's something in her magical voice that always gives me the chills and makes me extremely emotional. I remember, young little me would always search her performances on the internet and I would watch it all day, I basically binge-watched anything Lea related haha. She's like my comfort. It's been years and I still listen to her, and my only wish is to hear her sing live; that'd truly be a dream come true. Thank you Ms. Lea for inspiring people ❤️
Love this! And I agree with you. 17-yr old Lea still gives me goosebumps even now that I'm 34. If I could make a suggestion, listen to Laufey. She's bringing classical jazz a modern twist and she's starting to gain traction. Although it's not similar to this, but she has that theatrical, dreamy feel to her. I hope you enjoy her music!
lea salonga's voice is angelic! There's this harmony sound on her voice!
lea is very pretty with an angelic face and voice
They're all smiling after she sang sun and moon.. like the search is over 😃 oh gosh I think i wanna cry. Goosebumps.
Every time I watch this, it brings tears to my eyes. This is such raw, amazing talent. I can not imagine anyone giving this a thumbs down.
This video is the reason why TH-cam removed the visibility of the down votes :)
Lea is pure talent.
The original soundtrack she did of Miss Saigon is an emotional rollercoaster and her voice is beyond words.
The moment she opened her mouth and started singing , it send shivers down my spine , that talent and confidence is another level ❤
She herself the Disney voice princess auditioning in the broadway!, ang boses nya ang sukatan kung sino man ang mag attempt maging Kim sa Saigon.
Amazing. Her sweet spot is her entire vocal range. She's equally strong in low, middle and high registers.
I said it once and I will say it again a million times over... THIS IS PURE TALENT SENT FROM ABOVE. That voice is naturally full of emotions and nuances. The tone and the enunciation are just RIGHT there matching with the melody and emotions. Many people spend years and years and years practicing, trying and honing and still couldn't do it, and she just stood there and nailed it like that.
Wow! Just wow! Too bad (or perhaps good) that Lea didn’t live in an era when everything is posted on social media. She would have gone viral! Such talent and elegance is very rare nowadays.
Chloe Ann Panapan To be honest I'm glad she's not born in this generation when everything is just an instant. She pave her way through hard work and extraordinary voice.
It's better that she lived that era.. She've gone viral even without social media.. If there is, she might be labeled as a traffic star, and will receive praises as well as bashings from bashers who know nothing but to troll..
bruh she’s a legend. she’s like michael jackson of the phils lol
Her tone memory is like most powerful computer. She's like an ultra HD cam that can capture even the smallest details of the songs. 🤩🏆
miss lea salonga tony award winner for best actress in 1991 for portraying kim the led character in the hit musical miss saigon, and is the first filipina to won numerous international awards for the same role, taking home the olivier, drama desk, outer critics, and the theater world awards
and to think of our precious Lea's courage to ask a Broadway Legend's autograph and at that point she was just getting her start, in Miss Saigon.
I'm surprised that up to now, our local showbiz does not make a film about the life of Lea Salonga. Even a documentary. She is a source of inspiration especially for Filipinas. Intelligent and self-confident. And most of all a very talented singer which almost all Filipinos can relate to. It's our natural gift as a people.
Better that way, not to ruin the legend
I like her talking voice... Her accent sound so natural
*no Autotune. no anything. just pure talent*
her voce is really really.....angelic..wow!
The only singer I heard with the clearest pronunciation of words everytime she sings, she also hits every low and high notes as well consistently in her songs
That low note of sun & moon "we have been blessed you and I" is very difficult to hit. 👏👏👏
Why does this make me cry? Dec 2019 anybody here?
The way she sings The Movie in My Mind is so haunting, I love it!!
I'm having a lea binge again and again 😭
When the camera zoomed out during he first song and we see everyone there for the first time it was then I realized that they were up close and enthralled, rather than sitting at a table in the audience as we usually see them do hehe.
I always get chills watching Lea sing Gigi's part in The Movie in My Mind during the callback audition. Amazing how she was able to quickly and confidently learn to sing musical pieces she only encountered for the first time that day
Just... perfect...
Grabe,Ang linis Ng Boses ni Lea Salonga. Linaw Ng diction. Nakakakilabot Yung ramdam mo Yung emotion sa song.
I just love seeing their reactions when she finished singing. Still gives me chills hearing her. Truly a gift and treasure what God has given her.
So magical, the audition is the best, even better than its recording. I hope there would be a whole recording with this kind of arrangement. Goosebumps!
It's May 14, 2019 and I'm currently watching this! Who's with me? 😍😍
meeee!!
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Me😅
June 12, 2019. Anyone else?🙌
A STAR IS BORN!✨
Guadalquiver Kent ive been watching this many times
@@siege20 me tooo😁
So beautiful, natural, authentic. Meant to be!
Love you Lea Salonga. 🙏🇵🇭
I saw Lea and Simon in the original cast in London, sensational 😊
The Miss Saigon team hit it when they reached Manila, Philippines. They found many artists for the completion of the characters including the lead role Kim for Lea Salonga and alternate Kim for Monique Wilson. 🏆🤩
The greatest historical audition ever!
You just know a winning theater voice like Patti Lu Pone. There is a presence. Something just makes someone an "it" that stands out. You almost are assured they are headed for stardom. The range and strength in her voice, incredible!
Her voice never changed. From her voice when she's a child to her voice now. Nothing changed. She is already vocally trained when she was a fetus. Even though she's aging, she's improving. Just woww. She is born to sing.
Dec 1, 2019 and still watching.
She's only 17 here? Her audition looks 80's ish. She looks like such a cutie too. Not a stitch of makeup and brows untouched. It looks like she grooms her brows now days but still looks good.
She's my favorite Filipino singer/actress since then,her simplicity ,her amazing talent that anyone can recognized,we can really feel every word when she's singing/talking,A pride of Philippines ,a World class talent,I am proud being a Filipino ...thankyou for sharing,Godbless everyone ....Godbless the one and only Lea Salonga😘😘😘🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏,Mabuhay Pilipinas!🏻🙏🏻
I always knew Lea sings very well.But her young voice was beyond unexpected.Gosh!!!
She sounded like a real princess already back then. It's her destiny. Such a beautiful voice. Wow!... ❤❤❤
She was BORN to play Kim. And then give us a plethora of more vocal masterpieces to come.
Watch Lea sing this on her 40th anniversary concert, with the original Chris, Simon Bowman. Her voice is ageless! ❤️✨ Lea is the queen! 🇵🇭
It’s only been 34 years. Do you mean the 30th anniversary concert?
the most beautiful voice I have ever heard...😇😊
Yeah right
I am still watching this video!!! Paulit ulit!! Sarap pakinggan ang boses ni Lea.
This brings back so many memories! I was in high school when she was in Miss Saigon, I’m 2 years younger than her, and she was already popular here in the early 1990’s since we have a huge Filipino community here in Hawai’i. I got to watch her sing live in the mid-2000s and she sounds so much better in a concert hall! 😍❤️😍❤️
I’ve watched this so many times wishing that I’ll get to hear her live one day and that day is finally coming. I still can’t believe I’ll finally get to watch her live performing as Mrs Lovett this Friday 😭
Good for you girl!
How did she endured such tedious and hellish audition.. I think she has a lung of steel.. perfection in its truest sense!
The original full video with the world wide search for the Miss Saigon lead was terrific...especially when the composers finally hear the incredible voice of Lea and know their search is over❗️
Still gives me goosebumps! Lea Salonga is simply the best and this is what I call a singer.
The way she hits low notes is amazing..
I like how the three guys were just smiling as she finished singing, like they were " omg we found her. This is our Kim