She officially joined the show in the role of page and understudy for Christine Daaé and began rehearsals in late spring.įeliciano took the stage in her first performance as Christine June 27 and made history as the first Latina and second Black woman to perform the role. The role eventually went to Emilie Kouatchou.īut after the limited-run “Flying Over Sunset” closed in January, “Phantom” came calling again.
Just months after her Broadway debut in James Lapine’s musical “Flying Over Sunset,” Rice Artist Diploma student Kanisha Feliciano has joined the cast of Broadway’s longest-running musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera.”įeliciano, a student of Rice voice professor Nova Thomas, originally auditioned for the role of Christine Daaé in “Phantom” in 2021, and was one of two finalists out of 4,000 hopefuls.
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