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

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
  • Musical Theatre Coach Marc Daniel Patrick reacts to Lea Salonga performing “On My Own” from the musical Les Miserables.
    FIND ME ON:
    INSTAGRAM: www.instagram....
    WEBSITE: marcdanielpatr...
    In this video Marc breaks down Lea’s phrasing and emotional connection to the lyrics and melody that allow her to deliver the song so effortlessly. As he tries not to CRY!!!!

Комментарии • 1,2 тыс.

  • @MarcDanielPatrick
    @MarcDanielPatrick  11 месяцев назад +2

    More from MARC DANIEL PATRICK:
    Over 300 reaction videos (not available on YT) LIVE now on PATREON
    www.patreon.com/marcdanielpatrick

  • @DP-ve8gg
    @DP-ve8gg 4 года назад +1253

    The cleanest voice on Broadway.

  • @rheeochoafaraon
    @rheeochoafaraon 4 года назад +1336

    This song is totally made for Lea. Just like she was meant to be Kim of Miss Saigon! 🙌

  • @miinacho9196
    @miinacho9196 4 года назад +600

    My dad's a choir master.
    He knows I'm just an average singer when I was younger. Yet, he always supports me with my mom whenever I want to sing.
    But they always remind me, if I ever need to copy someone in terms of singing, copy Lea Salonga.
    And it has never failed me at all.

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +43

      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.

    • @lindseysquire8417
      @lindseysquire8417 4 года назад +10

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

    • @wig.8gles
      @wig.8gles 4 года назад

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

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  3 года назад +8

      We loved this comment so much, you’ve been featured in our segment *5 Minute Call* on our Patreon page! www.patreon.com/marcdanielpatrick

    • @adlirez
      @adlirez 3 года назад +6

      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!

  • @annatabner8459
    @annatabner8459 4 года назад +480

    I think its so incredible how she sings ‘known’ at the climax. Most versions i’ve heard they sing it kind of with an ‘ah’ sound because its easier to belt and comes more naturally. But she sings it with an ‘oh’ sound which is much more difficult to belt at that pitch and i think it conveys the pain and emotion soooooo much better!

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +41

      Great point.

    • @paulwilliams9365
      @paulwilliams9365 3 года назад +1

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

    • @annatabner8459
      @annatabner8459 3 года назад +18

      @@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.

    • @rodels.3745
      @rodels.3745 3 года назад +12

      @@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).

    • @christianbechhenriksen898
      @christianbechhenriksen898 3 года назад +4

      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 😀

  • @lastofthelapras
    @lastofthelapras 4 года назад +879

    Every. Single. Semi-phonatable. Consonant. Gets. Pronounced. All the "T"s. All the "G"s. LOOK AT HER MOUTH. It's like a masterclass in Broadway singing. She had back then and continues to have the most flawless pronunciation and enunciation (and mouth shape - those vowels!) I've ever seen, while staying flawlessly on pitch. Which, it's a travesty that people who couldn't pronounce a semi-phonatable consonant if they TRIED ( hi Ariana Grande, hi Selena Gomez) are so famous, yet the best singers in the world don't have that level of fame. Audra McDonald and Lea are the most technically proficient vocalists I've seen on the great white way, they deserve better.

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +170

      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.

    • @mstie3252
      @mstie3252 4 года назад +27

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

    • @TheSchnecke98
      @TheSchnecke98 4 года назад +24

      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..

    • @stwjester3660
      @stwjester3660 4 года назад +6

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

    • @Followgrace
      @Followgrace 4 года назад

      Hanna Sch n

  • @fl-g15ramirezscullylou87
    @fl-g15ramirezscullylou87 4 года назад +235

    Perfect pitch
    Crystal clear angelic voice
    Disney legend
    Broadway Superstar
    Philippines Pride
    YES! WE REALLY REALLY LOVE LEA SALONGA👑❣️

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +21

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

    • @fl-g15ramirezscullylou87
      @fl-g15ramirezscullylou87 4 года назад +5

      @@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👇
      ruclips.net/video/CXTn9q7YsSQ/видео.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.👇
      ruclips.net/video/DuVt8Q4dk6Y/видео.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❣️

    • @MaiMai-lo4ob
      @MaiMai-lo4ob 3 года назад +3

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

    • @johnwright7307
      @johnwright7307 7 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @DavidBlakeTheatre
    @DavidBlakeTheatre 4 года назад +464

    I agree, best ever. I've always been obsessed with how she plays the three "I love him"s at the end........"I love him" #1: I'm so desperately in love with him. "I love him" #2: I can't have him. "I love him" #3: I know it seems silly to you, but I love him.

  • @jodavitow
    @jodavitow 4 года назад +118

    This for me is the standard of a perfectly executed musical theater song. No one's ever beaten this performance

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +10

      Hard to argue with that

    • @Darkangel-A-c8z
      @Darkangel-A-c8z 8 месяцев назад

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

    • @johnwright7307
      @johnwright7307 7 месяцев назад

      Amen on that. I'm crying

    • @johnwright7307
      @johnwright7307 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Darkangel-A-c8zsorry she doesn't come close to Lea

    • @Darkangel-A-c8z
      @Darkangel-A-c8z 7 месяцев назад

      @@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

  • @aimgrace
    @aimgrace 4 года назад +177

    In high school I was Eponine. I had to listen to Lea over and over again to learn her specific style. The diaphragm control for “known”. The way she enunciates “lights” and “silver”. This song is absolutely not easy to sing or perform. But it was this song that took me through high school drama, helped me get to play Christine in Phantom, and got me into our all women’s choir in college. There is no one who can sing like Lea, and she is who made Eponine the best part of Les Mis.

  • @symph2000
    @symph2000 4 года назад +518

    She is also the original singer of 'Reflection' from Disney's Mulan.

    • @carlvincentbriones9313
      @carlvincentbriones9313 4 года назад +22

      And a whole new world Alladin

    • @symph2000
      @symph2000 4 года назад +1

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

    • @bigjunior2
      @bigjunior2 4 года назад +6

      everybody forgot miss saigon, wew

    • @wig.8gles
      @wig.8gles 4 года назад

      @@bigjunior2 I didn't

    • @wig.8gles
      @wig.8gles 4 года назад

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

  • @corvus1374
    @corvus1374 4 года назад +691

    I wish Ariana Grande and Sia would take enunciation lessons from Lea.

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +115

      Different styles. But you might be onto something there.

    • @carolonius11
      @carolonius11 4 года назад +52

      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...

    • @carr0760
      @carr0760 4 года назад +62

      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.

    • @ambernyx3433
      @ambernyx3433 4 года назад +19

      @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.

    • @corvus1374
      @corvus1374 4 года назад +5

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

  • @boeinglaugan8539
    @boeinglaugan8539 4 года назад +276

    Concert producers will NEVER find another like LEA. Trust me.

    • @anamariejover8349
      @anamariejover8349 4 года назад +4

      Absolutely true

    • @prism8289
      @prism8289 3 года назад +2

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

  • @evieangeniaguirre9926
    @evieangeniaguirre9926 4 года назад +243

    Fun fact: Most of Lea's concerts are played by a live orchestra

    • @wedhoz
      @wedhoz 4 года назад +35

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

    • @coolamazeballz4795
      @coolamazeballz4795 4 года назад +3

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

    • @hanjesse31
      @hanjesse31 4 года назад

      Why fun?

  • @s_h_h_h
    @s_h_h_h 4 года назад +235

    Absolutely love her! And she's the only one who SING last high note, not SCREAM it.

    • @Dan-gi6tf
      @Dan-gi6tf 3 года назад +3

      It’s coz she mixes voice so well

  • @arielmickle4770
    @arielmickle4770 4 года назад +97

    I was in Jr High when this was released. Our music teacher spent a few classes watching it with us. I was already a singer, but this performance from Lea as well as Judy Kuhn taught me, for the first time, what is possible just standing at a mic.

    • @arielmickle4770
      @arielmickle4770 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/kaQeXndhjPs/видео.html

  • @alexiagabriel1724
    @alexiagabriel1724 4 года назад +202

    She wasn't in the "Dream Cast": The 10th Anniversary Concert of Les Miserables for nothing. She set the standard to this iconic song. Lea has so many iconic performances. Among them is: 1) The Movie in my Mind with Rachelle Ann Go at the 25th Anniversary of Miss Saigon, 2) A Little Fall of Rain with Marius Ball and Judy Kuhn; 3) Don't Cry for Me, Argentina, in one of her Manila concerts.

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +8

      ruclips.net/video/lkRzBDtxe28/видео.html

    • @jenmcpaul2312
      @jenmcpaul2312 4 года назад +5

      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!!!!!

    • @arlenepaseornek3003
      @arlenepaseornek3003 3 года назад

      Michael Ball

  • @peerah
    @peerah 4 года назад +90

    Legend has it that Frances Ruffelle, who originated the "holding myself" pose, came up with it because she did not know what to do with her "monkey arms" while singing this song downstage center by herself.

    • @kylebiccari6759
      @kylebiccari6759 3 года назад +1

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

  • @celinegarcia4158
    @celinegarcia4158 3 года назад +41

    I don't know how Lea does it but there is an honesty about her. She's singing straight to your heart and up to your brain. The crescendo just makes your chest expand. Beautiful music sung so beautifully. Lea just clinches the spot it's perfection.

  • @Eggsther
    @Eggsther 4 года назад +319

    The fact that she was the first asian woman to win a tony for her role as kim in Miss Saigon really makes us Filipinos proud
    ❤❤❤

    • @archietrinidad2663
      @archietrinidad2663 4 года назад +4

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

    • @LupinLupinLupin
      @LupinLupinLupin 4 года назад +19

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

    • @archietrinidad2663
      @archietrinidad2663 4 года назад

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

    • @LupinLupinLupin
      @LupinLupinLupin 4 года назад +8

      @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! 🤣

    • @archietrinidad2663
      @archietrinidad2663 4 года назад +1

      @@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...

  • @MWong2005
    @MWong2005 4 года назад +105

    Love how she pronounced the N in own at the end. Also her breath control is amazing.

  • @deesee708
    @deesee708 4 года назад +128

    Emotional clarity. Her capture of who this person is at this point in the story is perfection. In this era of big voices I appreciate her nuance. She is beautiful singer with great technical skill. But her ability to express is what makes her a superstar onstage in the theater. Watch this without the sound and you will still feel what she is feeling. She inhabits the character so completely and there is an authenticity to what she is "telling" you with her voice, with her eyes. But this song was her audition as an 18yo for a new musical called Miss Saigon, a lead role that she originated and won a Tony for several years later. There is a reason why she is "the" Eponine for the dream cast for many/most Les Miz fans.

  • @cswigert
    @cswigert 4 года назад +50

    This is one of my favorite performances of all time. Beyond just the amazing vocal performance is the incredible range of emotions she expresses. There is love, anger, sadness, despair hope, hopelessness, and determination in a roller coaster ride. I can't think of another musical performance where I have felt so many emotions in such a short moment.

  • @johnatkinson5224
    @johnatkinson5224 4 года назад +82

    One thing I’ve noticed about Les Miserables, besides all the classical stuff, is that the musical themes repeat sometimes with different characters to show the parallels. This song here by Eponine has a similar theme to Fantines song near the beginning of the play. Same thing with Valjean and Javert. But the 10th year anniversary of Les Miserables ( that being this one) is really the best. Like if you agree

    • @ilsaruthen5478
      @ilsaruthen5478 4 года назад +5

      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.

    • @flatfingertuning727
      @flatfingertuning727 4 года назад

      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."

    • @tillydee933
      @tillydee933 4 года назад +1

      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!!!

    • @paramitch
      @paramitch 4 года назад +1

      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.

  • @Angela-xi3kh
    @Angela-xi3kh 2 года назад +31

    I don't even have to check lyrics online, I can hear it really well with her clean enunciation 😍

  • @nunez-rebelclan8711
    @nunez-rebelclan8711 3 года назад +27

    This is the exact performance that triggered my love for musical theater. And I am with you 100%. Best musical, best number and best performer. I love Lea!

  • @StellaSmith89
    @StellaSmith89 4 года назад +52

    “A world that’s full of happiness that I have never known.” Instant goosebumps. Transports me to The Palace Theatre in London 1990 when I first saw this.

    • @jamaicaestonactoc8574
      @jamaicaestonactoc8574 3 года назад +1

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

    • @marilynyumon9282
      @marilynyumon9282 3 года назад

      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 🏆👋🙏😘

  • @etrnlygr8tful
    @etrnlygr8tful 4 года назад +76

    There are so many heart wrenching songs in Les Mis. How about reacting to Lea's version of Fantine's songs in the 25th Anniversary concert?

    • @etrnlygr8tful
      @etrnlygr8tful 4 года назад +4

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

    • @RFcity712
      @RFcity712 3 года назад +1

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

    • @kirstenlaufer9651
      @kirstenlaufer9651 3 года назад +1

      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!

  • @danielblair9535
    @danielblair9535 4 года назад +177

    Lea cemented herself as one of the most perfect vocalists of all time in this song.
    She's up there with Julie Andrews (Before her botched surgery), Barbra Streisand, Jody Benson (Prime/Little Mermaid era) and Judy Garland.
    Shout out to others who I may have forgotten.

    • @jillshippy5157
      @jillshippy5157 4 года назад +11

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

    • @laurelinsongofgold
      @laurelinsongofgold 3 года назад +4

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

    • @louriewylde9293
      @louriewylde9293 3 года назад +1

      @@laurelinsongofgold oohh, nice.

  • @OllyOConor
    @OllyOConor 4 года назад +30

    Again, reaction at 9:00, exactly the same for me - it doesn't matter how many times I have heard it, the hair stands up on the back of my neck because it is SO perfect.
    Totally with you on it being the best song in the show and Lea Salonga is my Eponine, her performance, emoting and phrasing are second to none.
    Wonderful stuff.

  • @ravendevino6419
    @ravendevino6419 4 года назад +72

    Just a snippet of Les Mis score is serotonin for days

  • @michelewilson2439
    @michelewilson2439 3 года назад +16

    Lea Solonga as Epinone, Colm Wilkinson as Jean Valjean, Ruthie Henshall, and Michael Ball took the music and made history with it. This is my favorite musical

  • @moniqueyaptenco5802
    @moniqueyaptenco5802 4 года назад +41

    Lea displayed a very quiet control and unique interpretation at the beginning arguably harder that belting

  • @BenjaminIstvanCseko
    @BenjaminIstvanCseko 2 года назад +21

    There's nothing I can add. The best Eponine imo. Her articulation both musically and verbally is phenomenal. What is interesting about this song is that it was written in the French original for Fantine as L'air de la misère, singing about her misery, and was later rewritten to be Eponine's song to round out her character and plotline in the story.

  • @andrewmccormack4295
    @andrewmccormack4295 2 года назад +19

    I love the way she opens up her lips wide when she sings words like meeee to really express the EEEE,she is absolutely phenomenal and also stays in character at the end...so good.

  • @fadlyshalimi5922
    @fadlyshalimi5922 4 года назад +76

    How dare you listen to this with only one ear!

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +29

      Bahahaha. I have to hear myself speak and react - but you've got a solid argument there. :)

    • @amykathleen2005
      @amykathleen2005 4 года назад +8

      Don't act like Marc hasn't already watched this video for the 1,223, 234th time before this video. lol

  • @Locutus.Borg.
    @Locutus.Borg. 4 года назад +19

    I'm also a massive Lea Salonga fan and I agree *no one* sings and interprets "On My Own" better than Lea. In mentioning some of her other credits you also left out that she sang "Reflection" for Disney's Mulan in the original animated movie and she also created the starring role of Kim in the _Miss Saigon_ both in the West End and Broadway versions of the show. Oh, and she is also drop dead gorgeous! 😍

  • @alesh2275
    @alesh2275 4 года назад +49

    A Little Fall Of Rain with Marius is full on acting!

  • @melissadenis5685
    @melissadenis5685 3 года назад +29

    “Salong-gah” , not “saloña “

  • @TheRealMapleSyrup
    @TheRealMapleSyrup 4 года назад +23

    When I think of LesMiserables, this is the version that I always think of.

  • @tiffb5249
    @tiffb5249 4 года назад +74

    It almost fills sacrilegious to pause Lea 😅 she’s a goddess for sure.

  • @lynnekelly4775
    @lynnekelly4775 4 года назад +19

    This is my favourite musical of all time. I've went through so many VHS of the show before I learnt about DVDS. And the sound track is constantly on in my car!
    Micheal Ball is my favourite Marius. ❤️

  • @janetbrannigan4376
    @janetbrannigan4376 3 года назад +46

    My favourite performance of this song. Ever.

  • @ezravincent2818
    @ezravincent2818 4 года назад +18

    She did Fantine on the same show too but a couple years after this.. you might like reacting to that video as well..

  • @colinmorgan2355
    @colinmorgan2355 3 года назад +11

    My absolute fav musical song sang by the amazing Lea Salonga.... No one can quite sing it like her... Simply musical theatre perfection... 😍🎶❤️

  • @maryelizabethpullido5376
    @maryelizabethpullido5376 2 года назад +11

    I just love that she gave me 3 different kinds of emotion when she said " I love him" three times.

  • @wyensid7013
    @wyensid7013 3 года назад +20

    I really love how she sang the lyrics “ the pavement shines like silver”

  • @sassyest8292
    @sassyest8292 4 года назад +21

    I'm from the Philippines and it's the first time I've seen this particular performance. The emotions in her voice made me tear up.

  • @schubert06sebastian39
    @schubert06sebastian39 4 года назад +75

    It is a make or break for me on the word “ pretending” in the song. Lea’s version is still the best for me.

    • @tylerbautista2205
      @tylerbautista2205 4 года назад +1

      yep

    • @justess797
      @justess797 4 года назад

      What does "make or break" mean? Never heard this expression

    • @purple.ayskrim
      @purple.ayskrim 4 года назад +3

      Queen Ess it's when other eponines cut the syllables of "pretending" like pre-ten-^ding unlike Lea's which is fluid and straight

    • @justess797
      @justess797 4 года назад

      @@purple.ayskrim oh thank you so much!

    • @jrdelrey3009
      @jrdelrey3009 4 года назад +4

      Queen eSs it means like for them if they liked the way she said pretending it would “make” it a good performance but if they didn’t like it, it would “break” the performance meaning they wouldn’t like it

  • @JDReynolds2005
    @JDReynolds2005 4 года назад +16

    It's good to finally know that I'm not the only one who CAN NOT hold it together through Les Miserables.

    • @kirstenlaufer9651
      @kirstenlaufer9651 3 года назад +1

      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!).

  • @tunadoctorwong2443
    @tunadoctorwong2443 4 года назад +41

    So Marc Daniel Patrick, Lea Salonga's performance of "On My Own" is your favorite for this song. "On My Own" has the "best music ever" and is your "favorite song" from your "favorite musical theater show," Les Miserables. So can I assume then, that Lea Salonga's performance is your favorite performance in musical theater of ALL TIME? It is for me.

  • @lonelyprince0
    @lonelyprince0 4 года назад +143

    Lea is also not the full voice of Jasmine, she's just the singing voice

    • @staceypendergrast2400
      @staceypendergrast2400 4 года назад +38

      She was also the singing voice of Mulan.

    • @gayemerr8659
      @gayemerr8659 4 года назад +4

      This is correct. Linda Larkin was the speaking voice for Jasmine.

    • @wig.8gles
      @wig.8gles 4 года назад

      Yes

  • @MS-df2fk
    @MS-df2fk 4 года назад +16

    Any clip of her in "Miss Saigon" is worth watching, but especially "I'd Give My Life For You".

    • @chellep7463
      @chellep7463 4 года назад +2

      I love the duet between Kim and Ellen-I still believe

    • @Wendychin23
      @Wendychin23 3 года назад

      @@chellep7463 omg yesss

  • @ysalvarita
    @ysalvarita 4 года назад +21

    i totally agree that les miserables in one of the greatest. lea, judy kuhn and michael ball are truly amazing.

  • @bengaguas5985
    @bengaguas5985 4 года назад +18

    Please react to Lea Salonga and Rachel Ann Go duet "the movie in my mind. It's mind blowing...

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +4

      On it.

    • @jdeck
      @jdeck 4 года назад

      @@MarcDanielPatrick Cant wait to see your reaction to this one if you cried at On my Own

  • @ellecaledonia348
    @ellecaledonia348 4 года назад +35

    I’ve seen many prominent female musical performers, both live on stage and on TV special broadcasts (like this Les Miz anniversary concert). Of all of them, Lea Salonga has the purest, crystal clear voice. I have not seen Lea perform recently, but at the time she sang this version of On My Own, her vocal prowess was at its height. She sang this effortlessly, in that crystalline tone, with perfect pitch control. As Mark pointed out, her phrasing was so smooth and effective. Wonderful performance!

  • @melissashaffer3957
    @melissashaffer3957 4 года назад +9

    She became my favorite Broadway actress because of this song! Boubil and Schonberg are brilliant together; I can't see anyone else but her as Kim as well!

  • @sibyl1210
    @sibyl1210 4 года назад +50

    Pls react to her cover of Don't Cry For Me Argentina in one of her Concerts. Her performance there has full of emotions and as good as this one. Thank you.

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +8

      Thank you so much for the comment and for watching. I do love that song as well, I'll check it out.

    • @lanycruz8526
      @lanycruz8526 3 года назад +1

      @@MarcDanielPatrick it has been more than 5 mos sir, pls react to her version of Dont Cry For Me Argentina pls

  • @josephhdavidesguerra
    @josephhdavidesguerra 4 года назад +20

    there's another one from this show... "A Little Fall Of Rain"

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад

      Good suggestion. I'll get to that one as well.

    • @xxXXxxNIKONxxXXxx
      @xxXXxxNIKONxxXXxx 4 года назад

      Oh yeah. I really like that rendition. What really stricked me is gavroche on that number. Its like gavroche forgot that he is a performer, rather, looked like a person watching the show instead.

    • @lynnekelly4775
      @lynnekelly4775 4 года назад

      Oh I love ’A little fall of rain’ ❤️

    • @CantoresHermanos1999
      @CantoresHermanos1999 4 года назад +1

      Yes that's my favorite. The only version i really love by Lea and Michael

  • @levisbitch204
    @levisbitch204 3 года назад +6

    Most reactions on Lea's performance is just saying PERFECTION PERFECTION PERFECTION..

  • @charfree6888
    @charfree6888 4 года назад +10

    I usually don't trust people with three first names, but i just know that he respects Queen Lea

  • @rowenaasido5560
    @rowenaasido5560 2 года назад +6

    This is the best rendition of "On my Own" I love Lea proud of her.

  • @serenader210
    @serenader210 4 года назад +13

    please react to the 25th anniversary of Miss Saigon
    "Rachelle Ann Go and Lea Salonga - The Movie in my mind"
    it's an epic duet 😊

  • @angelieavenie5741
    @angelieavenie5741 4 года назад +6

    Admittedly, Lea started our love of broadway & she began the trend for more musicals to be created after. Every broadway she was involved in was a hit! She just paved the way for other broadway stars to come out and succeed and influenced so many future musical stars. Iconic!!!

  • @danpadilla6731
    @danpadilla6731 4 года назад +8

    I like how you gave context to the performance. I've seen other reactors who will just react without knowing the background of the performance and it kinda takes you out of the whole reaction video.

  • @mcqb_9
    @mcqb_9 2 года назад +6

    This song is just for Lea!!! Like, literally no one has ever sung this better than her! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

    • @redmichiko
      @redmichiko Год назад +2

      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 ❣️❤️❣️

  • @MSalem-gt5dy
    @MSalem-gt5dy 2 года назад +5

    Lea has made the song very interesting and you can really get the message of the song “On My Own” and she is an excellent performer. Her rendition is the best. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @Imagineim
    @Imagineim 4 года назад +5

    I just watched a video by a RUclipsrs called Sideways titled, "Why the music in Les Miserables (2012) is worse than you think". I'm curious to see if you agree with his take and what your opinion is on the performances considering how all the singing was done live in the film adaptation.

  • @mayarimarjorie5624
    @mayarimarjorie5624 4 года назад +10

    Presse react to Lea Salonga singing ‘I Dream a Dream’. I really enjoy your reaction.

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +3

      She does perform that one so beautifully as well.

    • @booboy0421
      @booboy0421 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/wHdtwKCGzZU/видео.html

  • @herriepotter5816
    @herriepotter5816 2 года назад +2

    Very clean &,her diction is so wonderful beautiful voice of miss salonga

  • @Zenobiadream
    @Zenobiadream 4 года назад +8

    LEA SOLANGE... the tony winning broadway royalty.. giving us a master class in performance

    • @nemabel
      @nemabel 4 года назад +1

      “SALONGA”

    • @Zenobiadream
      @Zenobiadream 4 года назад

      @@nemabel ok. Soooolonnnnnagggaaaa

  • @rorqualmaru
    @rorqualmaru 4 года назад +7

    Great video but I have to point out there's a hard 'G' in Salonga. It's Sah-long-Gah, not Sah-Lone-ah.

  • @grayhatjen5924
    @grayhatjen5924 4 года назад +6

    I love a whole lot about this, especially that you explain that this isn't a standard performance. I've seen a lot of people leaving that tidbit out and for anyone new to theatre, it could be confusing.
    Your mention of movement especially during concert performances is very much appreciated. It's one thing when your people are holding music to busy their hands, it's a whole different matter when they don't have anything to do with their hands.
    Speaking of, this part you probably know but I'll toss it out there in case. It runs in my mind that the self hug originated all the way back with Frances Ruffelle and is part of the blocking proper, if I'm remembering correctly. That said, as with everything she does, Lea moves with purpose. I definitely agree that she holds the self hug the longest and most emphatically of the different versions I've seen.
    I don't believe that there is full video of the show I'm going to suggest online though I know it was recorded for historic purposes and is housed in New York. Next to nobody knows this show but trust me when I say, you NEED to hear "Queen of the Mist". Phenomenal voices aside, the tiny orchestra managed to recreate the sound of Niagara Falls with tympany and... I don't recall what else. It was unbelievable. Also, initially the author/orchestrator considered writing the entire show for player piano but eventually ditched that idea. It is one of the most brilliant pieces of musical theatre in existence. Period.

  • @astoriacub
    @astoriacub 4 года назад +7

    She has really great vocal technique for a belter. It's a rich round resonant tone and is on top of the pitch.

  • @tillydee933
    @tillydee933 4 года назад +7

    Her face at the crescendo of this song makes me cry ugly, ugly tears!!!!

  • @anyatrioli3734
    @anyatrioli3734 4 года назад +21

    As an orchestra and pit orchestra muso, I just want to say thank you for mentioning us. From time to time we feel left out - particularly when we are being piped in from another room. So, cheers!

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад

      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.

  • @kennethroberts9399
    @kennethroberts9399 4 года назад +6

    Would love you to Critique Alfie Boe when he was playing Jean Valjean

  • @SickGirlRocks
    @SickGirlRocks 4 года назад +9

    This is absolutely my favorite performance and it makes me cry every time

  • @MrZola1234
    @MrZola1234 4 года назад +8

    My favorite Musical and favorite song as well. Every man who sees Les Miz falls in love with Eponine, a good Eponine always steals the show. There is one Eponine I enjoy better than Lea's, it's Samantha Barks version that she sang at the Concert version at the 25th Anniversary at OZ. As a huge fan of the musical and the song, you should review Samantha's version. ruclips.net/video/ZcL1GvvbTKY/видео.html The audio is her performance from OZ, but the video bounces around from it to the movie. I think she sings the song a bit more vulnerable and sad compared to Lea's a little bit more angry and defiant. While I suspect she is not quite as technically sound as Lea (you tell us), I do think her version hits the character a little more spot on. I think the movie made a huge mistake not using an arrangement closer to this one. Sam's I love him and final on my own choke me up every time, not exactly sure why. Lea Salonga in this video is in the 10th anniversary at OZ too I believe. Ironically, Lea Salonga plays Fantine in the 25th-anniversary version. She sings an incredible "I dreamed the Dream" at that concert.

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +3

      I happen to be a huge fan of Samantha in this role as well. Thank you for your comments.

    • @ARCh9811
      @ARCh9811 4 года назад

      Totally agree! Samantha Barks is amazing on stage and in the movie. What beautiful acting...you feel that you are walking around in Eponine's shoes, head and heart.

  • @zzammmsss
    @zzammmsss 4 года назад +6

    Can you imagine how sad the world would have been if Lea actually listened to her dad's wishes and stopped working in theater after the original london run of miss saigon and became a nurse?

  • @BodyandMindMainstream
    @BodyandMindMainstream 4 года назад +8

    Her voice and the way she pronounced every word is so crystal clear! That is what I love about her.

  • @annelefevre9457
    @annelefevre9457 Год назад +2

    I absolutely adore Les Miserable. I have seen on play two times and endless times the movie. Lea Sologno is coming to perform w/ the Tabernacle Chior on Temple Square for the 2022 Christmas program . I am so excited to see her there. Even tho I’m 72 , I’m just getting to know Miss Saigon. I never had a desire to see it when I was younger , because my husband served in Viet Nam at Ton Son Nhut Air Base. So when Miss Saigon came out, I was raising my family and just didn’t desire to see it. But now Ain a great grandma, I do want to become familiar w/ it. I love them all…..but Les Miz is top notch. It is so nice looking at your face as it reacts to the singing. I can tell it fills your soul. Great video. More please!

  • @lextalliones12345
    @lextalliones12345 4 года назад +21

    Lea Salonga is the barometer of On My Own... 💯. Please react on her I dreamed a dream performance as Fantine in the O2 Arena or her Don't cry for me Argentina version during her Broadway Concert. Thanks.

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +3

      Would love to! I'll get to those videos as soon as I can. Thank you for the comment and suggestions!

    • @lextalliones12345
      @lextalliones12345 4 года назад

      @@MarcDanielPatrick That's so sweet. I will be waiting for that. Keep safe!

    • @oliviatiwaladeadedokun2929
      @oliviatiwaladeadedokun2929 4 года назад

      I dreamed a dreamed fantine same year was also great. Different singer

  • @debbiepoole2247
    @debbiepoole2247 4 года назад +7

    This concert was my introduction to Les Mis 24 years ago. I completely agree, the best musical ever.

    • @carolonius11
      @carolonius11 4 года назад +2

      My first show as well. Broadway, March 1991. ❤️❤️❤️ Nothing will ever top it. I hear the opening music and I start crrrryying...

  • @eriglac
    @eriglac Год назад +3

    She sang “Reflection” in Mulan

  • @coralreeves4276
    @coralreeves4276 4 года назад +8

    Lea Salonga is a treasure! Her voice here just vibrates through my brain and opens my tear ducts every time.

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +1

      So glad its not just me! Haha.

    • @coralreeves4276
      @coralreeves4276 4 года назад

      @@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.

  • @robertobutz993
    @robertobutz993 4 года назад +4

    The one and only incomparable Broadway Royalty Icon Lea Salonga👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

  • @PerezRuthie
    @PerezRuthie 4 года назад +6

    So I’ve watched this particular reaction video for about 10x now and I have to say that your eyes show beautiful emotions, too, as Lea sings so beautifully. Hahaha. She is like fine wine.

  • @dorisb505
    @dorisb505 4 года назад +5

    I totally agree. Les Mis is the best. And "On My Own" slays me every time. Kudos to Carole Bayer Sager! And Lea Salonga.

  • @Onlinephfinds
    @Onlinephfinds 4 года назад +4

    Yess Lea Salonga. Kindly react to other Filipino singer named Sarah Geronimo, one of the most popular and successful Filipino singer. Try reacting to her own rendition of the song Reflection from Disney's Mulan in Asap.

  • @pillarobert
    @pillarobert 4 года назад +5

    She is so amazing; I have seen her many times on Broadway and in concert a super talent!

  • @Mr.Whisper158
    @Mr.Whisper158 4 года назад +9

    This is my favorite as well. Please listen to David Phelps sing Bring Him Home. The arrangement is different, but the vocals are so powerful. Thank you. New sub tonight.

    • @MarcDanielPatrick
      @MarcDanielPatrick  4 года назад +3

      Thank you so much for the support. I will go check it out for sure.

    • @ms112174
      @ms112174 3 года назад

      Yessss....
      Marc, David Phelps is phenomenal in anything he does.

  • @dee12yearsago88
    @dee12yearsago88 4 года назад +7

    Yes. Her version never fail to give me goosebumps every time i watch the video. I wish i was there to watch the musical live!

  • @sandymorales7414
    @sandymorales7414 4 года назад +5

    I agree 100% with Les Mis as the best, On My Own the best song and her performance is the best!

  • @AkiPasyando
    @AkiPasyando 2 года назад +3

    Lea is a monster in The Philippine Music World. No body can beat her😎

  • @ernestmiller2239
    @ernestmiller2239 Год назад +3

    I couldn't agree more - this is the greatest musical ever written. Lea is absolute perfection, not only vocally but in presentation. One aspect of this show that is seldom talked about is the thrilling orchestration. From beginning to end the orchestration is brilliant, but the last 16 bars, especially with the addition of the French Horn, totally transforms the listener to another, better place.

  • @syneresis
    @syneresis 4 года назад +5

    Watching this musical live is in my bucket list. Thankfully Musical Theatre is getting popular again in my country and we’re getting more international shows shown here, and I managed to see it when it came.
    It’s my favorite musical of all time. All the songs are just magnificent.

  • @callcenterguy1975
    @callcenterguy1975 4 года назад +4

    I love Les Mis.....On My own is my favorite song in this Musical and of course LEA!!!!

  • @SweetLady1980
    @SweetLady1980 4 года назад +6

    In the beginning you forgot to mention her being the very first Kim in Miss Saigon 😱

  • @samymartin478
    @samymartin478 4 года назад +5

    Please sir make a reaction video "Movie in My Mind "by Lea Salonga and Rachelle Ann Go. Miss Saigon Musical