[2026] Iconic musical numbers: from the latest releases to timeless classics!

I’ll give you my life.Kon Natsumi

“Miss Saigon” ♪ I’d Give My Life for You / Natsumi Kon

Miss Saigon, the second major hit by the duo of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil—who created Les Misérables—features the song “I’d Give My Life for You.” It is the main number for the heroine, Kim, a powerful yet sorrowful piece in which she waits for her lover, Chris, an American soldier from whom she was separated by the Vietnam War.

Part of Your WorldSierra Boggess

Sierra Boggess – “Part Of Your World” (The Broadway Princess Party)

The main number from the Disney classic The Little Mermaid is Part of Your World.

It overflows with her yearning for the world on land.

The powerful Broadway version is captivating, but the delicate, heartrending staging of Japan’s Shiki Theatre Company is also very appealing.

Music of the nightAndrew Lloyd Webber

Norm Lewis & Sierra Boggess Perform The Music of the Night | The Phantom of the Opera

This work beautifully and solemnly portrays the sorrow of the Phantom who lurks deep beneath the opera house and the songstress Christine.

Written as a novel by the French author Gaston Leroux in 1909, the original story has inspired numerous musicals and films.

This song is the most famous piece from The Phantom of the Opera, expressing the Phantom’s fervent feelings for Christine.

The charm of musical theatre—its speech-like, narrative singing—can be fully savored in this piece!

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I Dreamed a DreamLesley Garrett, Philip Ellis

I Dreamed a Dream (from “Les Misérables”)

Les Misérables, the French literary novel written by Victor Hugo in 1862, has been adapted into a musical, an anime, and films.

This song expresses Fantine’s overwhelming emptiness and sorrow, brought on by the many hardships she was forced to endure after losing her job.

The lyrics—saying that she once had dreams, but her current life is far removed from those dreams—convey the depth of her sadness.

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Ring of KeysJeanine Tesori／Lisa Kron

Fun Home Performance Tony Awards 2015

A moving masterpiece from the musical Fun Home that strikes the heart with a young girl’s self-discovery.

Created by the American female duo Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, this work delicately portrays the complex emotions of a child at the moment she first finds someone who resembles herself.

It was included on the original cast album Fun Home, released by PS Classics in February 2014, and at the 2015 Tony Awards, Tesori and Kron became the first all-female composing team to win Best Original Score.

Celebrated for boosting self-acceptance within the LGBTQ+ community, it’s recommended both for young people grappling with identity and for anyone who values diversity.