Fresh from her Carnegie Hall debut last November 7, Lea Salonga, the multi-awarded singer, actress and recording artist, is set to captivate Cebu with her first concert appearance in the Queen City of the South. Music loving Cebuanos will be treated to a world-class concert with one of the greatest musical theater voices at the prestigious Pacific Grand Ballroom of the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel on Friday Dec. 9, 2005.
The one-night-only concert promises to be an incredibly magical evening of immortal Broadway tunes, classic standards, some jazz pieces and timeless Filipino songs perfomed by what one critic called "... a flawless voice that soars!". A full thirty piece orchestra from Manila will be conducted by Gerard Salonga who is also the musical director of LEA LIVE IN CEBU (A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION). Tickets can be purchased at CITICKETS at 4124512. Other ticket outlets are Wings Travel at Ayala Center and at the SM Customer Service Booth. Ticket prices range from P 3200, 2400, 1500, 700 and 500. CITICKETS has announced that tickets will be released and sold from Novembert 10 to 16. For more concert information, the official website is www.leaincebu.com.
The Children Foundation of Cebu, Inc. is the beneficiary of the concert with major sponsors that include SMART Infinity, Waterfront Cebu City Hotel, Cocoplans, Aboitizland, ABS-CBN, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Cebu Daily News, M. Lhuillier Philippines, Graphicstar, Ad Consultants, Holiday Plaza Hotel, Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, RCTV and Monster Radio.