Lea Salonga to return to Dubai Opera

Monday, 8 July 2019 08:20

Award-winning singer and actress Lea Salonga is returning to Dubai Opera next year.

The internationally-renowned Filipina artist has had a wide-ranging career, performing in some of the world's biggest theatre productions, including Les Miserables, and has been the voice of two Disney princesses.

For her role in Miss Saigon she became the first Asian to win a Tony award and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical.

Salonga sold out Dubai Opera in 2017 and will perform at the iconic venue again on March 5 and 6, 2020.

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