Published July 25, 2021, 7:30 AM
IMAGE OF AN ARTIST Lea Salonga as Eponine in
Les Miserables, John Arcilla as Heneral Luna in the film of the same name, and Arjo Atayde in the series
Bagman
Every time I hear Lea Salonga sing, I hear the voice of every child reaching as high a note as she could as though all her dreams rested there, the girl who would join neighborhood competitions held on makeshift stages at basketball courts, as well as the boy, whose parents, buoyed by their son’s promise, would sign him up at a summer singing program with a voice coach.