LES MISÉRABLES THE WORLD TOUR SPECTACULAR: Manila Welcomes a Cast Worthy of a Global Epic

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Some theatre news arrives like weather. You do not simply read it. You feel the shift. A kind of tightening in the air, the quiet before something immense rolls in. When the full cast list for LES MISÉRABLES THE WORLD TOUR SPECTACULAR dropped, Manila felt that soft, electric stillness that precedes a wave. The kind of moment that stops anyone who has ever let “Bring Him Home” tear through them.

From January 20 to March 1, 2026, The Theatre at Solaire becomes the home of a world tour already breaking records across continents. A strictly limited Manila season. A staging built on a scale the city has not yet witnessed.

A Cast Assembled Like a Monument

The principal cast reads like a curated gallery of global and Filipino excellence.

Gerónimo Rauch as Jean Valjean

Rauch has carried Valjean on both the West End and Spanish stages. His résumé spans The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera, Robert Kincaid in The Bridges of Madison County, Rob Jeremy Cole in The Physician, Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard, Mary Sunshine in Chicago, and Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. He has also toured his music across Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and Uruguay. A Valjean forged through range, endurance, and global mileage.

Jeremy Secomb as Javert

Secomb returns to Javert after acclaimed performances in the West End. His credits include The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends in both London and Broadway, and unforgettable turns in Sweeney Todd in London and New York. His Javert promises precision, weight, and tension that simmers beneath every line.

Lea Salonga as Madame Thénardier

Salonga’s history with Les Mis spans decades: Éponine on Broadway, Fantine on Broadway and in iconic anniversary concerts at Royal Albert Hall and the O2. Long before that, she created the role of Kim in Miss Saigon, winning the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Add recent successes like Old Friends, Here Lies Love, and Once on This Island, alongside her immortal Disney work as Jasmine and Mulan, and her Manila return becomes a full-circle event. Now she steps into Madame Thénardier, a playful, wicked role that gives her an entirely new corner of Les Mis to command.

Rachelle Ann Go as Fantine

Go has played Fantine in the West End and Gigi in Miss Saigon in both Broadway and the West End. Her Eliza Hamilton in Hamilton electrified West End audiences, and she recently reprised the role on the Hamilton International Tour. Returning as Fantine for Les Mis’ 40th Anniversary Arena Tour shows how deeply she is woven into the fabric of this musical.

Red Concepción as Thénardier

Concepción has played Thénardier at The Muny and Amos Hart in Chicago on Broadway. His international tours as The Engineer in Miss Saigon across the US, UK, and Ireland cemented his reputation as one of the most fearless Filipino performers in musical theatre. Manila audiences know his range from productions like Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, Cinderella, Caredivas, Equus, The Normal Heart, and more.

Emily Bautista as Éponine

Bautista returns to Éponine after leading the North American Tour. She has also played Kim in Miss Saigon on Broadway and on tour, appeared in Do You Hear The People Sing? at the Hollywood Bowl, and joined the world premiere of Vanara. Her Éponine brings heart, clarity, and the sharp edge of lived experience.

The Young Revolutionaries

Will Callan as Marius

Callan previously played Marius in both the West End and on the UK and Ireland tour. Additional roles include Sebastian in Cruel Intentions and Jake Johnson in The Government Inspector. His Marius carries the optimism and fragility the role demands.

Lulu-Mae Pears as Cosette

Pears has played Cosette in the West End, alongside credits like Allison in Cry Baby and Graziella in West Side Story at the Ljubljana Festival in Slovenia. Her Cosette blends innocence and emotional clarity.

Harry Chandler as Enjolras

Chandler has portrayed and covered Enjolras in the West End and on the national tour. His body of work includes Witness for the Prosecution, Come Dine With Me: The Musical, Outlaws: The Ballad of Billy The Kid, and Evita. Expect an Enjolras that sings with conviction.

Earl Carpenter as the Bishop of Digne

Carpenter is best known for his definitive Javert in the West End and the 25th Anniversary Production. His career includes The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera, Prime Minister in Mandela, Dubhdara in The Pirate Queen, roles in Ragtime, Moonfleet, The Dreamers, and classics like We Will Rock You, Zorro, The Secret Garden, and Beauty and the Beast. His presence brings gravitas to the Bishop, and poetic symmetry given his history as Javert.

The Music Will Rise With a Filipino Pulse

The production features a combined ensemble of Filipino and international musicians performing Claude-Michel Schönberg’s sweeping score live. The roster includes names like John Gerald Calma, Dino Decena, Mary Anne Espina, Mhaze Lim, Jonathan Livioco, Dondon Lucena, Luke Manuel, Kier Manimtim, Gabriel Mendoza, and Miko Villena.

Hearing Les Mis with Filipino musicians woven into its soundscape adds a resonance Manila audiences will feel down to their bones.

A Global Tour in Motion, With Manila at Its Center

The world tour has crossed over 30 cities, sold more than a million tickets, and broken box office records across Australia, Japan, and Shanghai. After Manila, it heads to Singapore, then London’s Royal Albert Hall, then New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

Manila sits at the heart of this international itinerary, catching the production at its most polished and powerful moment.

Why This Cast Announcement Lands With Force

This Manila season arrives with a rare kind of charge.
The reunion of Filipino global icons.
The arrival of world-class principals.
The presence of Filipino musicians in the pit.
The promise of a staging expanded, redesigned, and performed at a scale never before seen here.

And on top of everything, the knowledge that this run is strictly limited. Once it closes, it closes for good.

Tickets are now available exclusively through TicketWorld.
The barricade rises on January 20 and must fall on March 1, 2026.

A production this size moves like a tidal surge. Manila is ready to meet it.

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