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WATCH: Lea Salonga shares the stage with Rachelle Ann Go in London concert

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<p>Five years since their last performance together, Broadway stars Lea Salonga and Rachelle Ann Go have reunited on stage for yet another memorable song number.</p><p>As a treat to their fans in the U.K, the two Filipina singers sang a powerful duet of Whitney and Cissy Houston&#x27;s <em>I Know Him So Well </em>in Lea&#x27;s Human Heart concert tour held at The London Palladium on Sunday.</p><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rSiMRGHV_Wg" width="853"></iframe></div><p>On Instagram, Rachelle said that it was an honor to perform with Lea for the concert, citing, &quot;What a joy to witness this and be a part of the show tonight. The QUEEN, [Lea Salonga]!&quot;</p><p>Prior to this, the <em>Hamilton</em> actress shared a major fangirl moment with Lea after coming to see an earlier show with fellow stage actor Ethan Le Phong.</p><div><img alt="" src="https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/push/media/july-2019/072219/lea-rachelle-ann-go.jpg"/></div><div><img alt="" src="https://push-data.abs-cbn.com/push/push/media/july-2019/072219/lea-rachelle-ann-go-duet.jpg"/></div><div><small><em>Photo credit: @ethanlephong&#x27;s IG stories</em></small></div><p>It was in October 2014 when Lea and Rachelle last shared the stage to sing a duet of <em>The Movie in My Mind</em> in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the iconic musical Miss Saigon, where the original cast members joined forces with actors of its West End production for a show of a lifetime at the Prince Edward Theater in London.</p><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="501" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bWys8rQ8EXI" width="891"></iframe></div><p>A self-confessed huge fan of the Broadway Diva, Rachelle credits Lea as her inspiration to venture into the international arena of musical theater. </p><p>&quot;You know her voice is just perfect. Every time you hear her sing it&#x27;s just always on point. As a singer I am a perfectionist, and every time I hear her it sounds like it&#x27;s recorded, it sounds like it&#x27;s not live, but of course it is. And I always want to be like that, but every time I sing, it&#x27;s not always perfect like that! Listening to her sing, it&#x27;s like a dream,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;And of course I was also inspired by all the things that she has done in theater and all the Disney songs that she&#x27;s done, and she is really big in the Philippines. In fact, when I was young I was part of this Sunday musical variety show and she was one of our guests and I had to sing the song Reflections from Mulan. I was so nervous because she was sitting there listening and watching. And I remember I wasn&#x27;t even hitting the right notes because I was so nervous, I was just so star struck and it was really embarrassing. But I was young back then, maybe it was 10 years ago, and after that performance I said, &#x27;One day I&#x27;m going to sing with Lea and do better&#x27;, and I got to sing with her a few years later, so it was really a dream,&quot; she added.</p>

Five years since their last performance together, Broadway stars Lea Salonga and Rachelle Ann Go have reunited on stage for yet another memorable song number.