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Winner at the 2003 San Francisco Bay Area Cabaret Competition. "She has some voice. Her powerful aria won her Best Female Performer." Bruce Bellingham, San Francisco Examiner

Yolanda Tolentino, a.k.a. Yoly, was in the original cast of the most recent Broadway production of "The King & I" where she occasionally performed the role of Lady Thiang, opposite celebrities Lou Diamond Phillips, Donna Murphy, Faith Prince, and Marie Osmond.

In a Newsday review of the show, Aileen Jacobsen wrote, "The most riveting moment still belongs to Lady Thiang...Yolanda Tolentino delivered a "Something Wonderful" that conveys an overwhelming sense of devotion."

In New York, she performed in Broadway benefits that starred celebrities such as Julie Andrews, Rita Moreno, Glenn Close, Whoopi Goldberg, Marisa Tomei, Lucy Arnaz, and a host of performers on Broadway and in the TV/Film industry.

She performed with Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton, New York and with the Amato Opera Company in New York City where she sang the lead role of Cio-Cio San in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly".

Yoly is best known for her versatile singing style that consists of pop, opera, musical theatre, gospel, and R&B songs. In 1994, she won first place in the female contemporary pop singer in the National Showcase Awards talent competition.

Yoly was featured on KPIX, Channel 5's "Evening Magazine" with hosts Malou Nubla and Mike Rowe, and on NBC11's "Bay Area Vista" with host Janice Edwards.

Yoly was born in Guam, raised in San Francisco (from the age of 2) and currently lives in Southern California.

She recently wrote a song called "About You" and will be including it in an album currently in the making.

Check out the soundtrack she sang for a film short, "Crusader" produced and directed by Mark Edward Lewis. You can find the mp3 on her website at www.yolysings.com.