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The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical was Jackie Evancho’s inspiration to become a singer, leading to her rise to stardom on “America’s Got Talent” at age 10. Now 10 years later, Evancho is touring a collection of Broadway hits from her latest album, “The Debut”, with a Utah concert set for Thursday at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City.

“It feels kind of full circle because I was so young when I was introduced to ‘The Phantom,’” Evancho said in a recent phone interview with the Deseret News. “Then I finally broke into my adulthood at 18 and I decided to come out with a whole Broadway-themed album, so it was kind of like a thank you to the Broadway world for inspiring me.” In the last decade, Evancho has traveled the world, sung for presidents and royalty, and become the youngest platinum-selling solo artist.

“I’m really proud of myself for the past 10 years because there’s a lot of things that I never thought I was ever going to do,” Evancho said. “All that stuff, especially then, didn’t really hit me. Then I grew up and I understood the gravity of all of the accomplishments that I’ve made, and I’m excited to see what else there is in the future for me.” Evancho said taking on Broadway music for “The Debut”, which includes songs like “Somewhere” from “West Side Story” and “Once Upon a December” from “Anastasia,” “was a really fun challenge.”

“I really didn’t know much about the Broadway world, other than ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ and so this album required me to do a lot of research on Broadway shows I didn’t really know anything about,” Evancho said. “I got to dive into that world, I got to see some of the shows live and study all the characters, and it was really fun to learn each different story and then portray it in my own way.”

Touring the album across the country has been chaotic but cool, according to Evancho. “I get sick very easily because there’s so much traveling, but it’s been really fun to see all sorts of new things, to see different cities and their norms,” Evancho said.

Evancho returned to “America’s Got Talent” for “The Champions” competition last year, an experience she called “nostalgic.” “I had a really fun time reliving some of those things. It was definitely different because I didn’t have to learn the ropes of being on a television show,” Evancho said. “And it was just exciting to see everybody again, and though the judges weren’t the same, I still knew the judges from different times, so it was like being back home.”.

But becoming a star at such a young age on the show has come with challenges of its own. When fans buy tickets to see Evancho in concert, some are surprised to see a grown woman onstage, expecting to see the 10-year-old they saw on TV. “It’s kind of like the kiss of death for someone that wants to be an artist for their whole life and that being their livelihood,” Evancho said. “It’s stressful, especially when I get older and I’ve learned different things and I want to write songs about topics that mainly adults learn about. And people have a hard time taking me seriously as an artist rather than just a little girl that has a big voice, so that’s been a challenge to break through, but I’m not giving up.”

Evancho said the mature, operatic voice that amazed America when she was 10 has gotten even bigger as she has continued to sing. “I’ve also broadened my genre range, which is really cool,” Evancho said. “There’s a lot of stuff that I didn’t think my voice would ever fit in or be capable of doing, like Ariana Grande songs or pop. I never knew that I was able to do songs like that. So I’ve just been learning more about my voice and what it’s capable of.”

In the future, Evancho would like to release an album of original songs she has written and composed. She said she has been songwriting since before “America’s Got Talent.” “And my siblings, they’ve been showing so much love for music. I’d love to get them to perform with me or write music with me, something like that,” Evancho said. “I also just want to keep recording albums and performing. I’d love to do more acting. I’d love to make clothes and perfume and makeup. I want to do everything.”

Evancho said she is looking forward to performing in Utah and hopes to see some of her local friends from “America’s Got Talent,” Christina and Ali Christensen. “I’ve been doing a lot of recording and songwriting, so I’m excited to get back on the concerts, and this one is going to be really fun because it is kind of a walk down memory lane of all of the songs that people fell in love with me most for, as well as some, just my favorites, and a lot from the most recent album, ‘The Debut’” Evancho said. “And then there may be a few surprises, but we’ll see.” The singer hopes people at her concert can get a break from the things they deal with that stress them out or make them feel tired. “I just want people to sit down and enjoy it and not think, just hear and feel emotions that the songs evoke,” Evancho said. “I just want them to relax at my show.”