[3] She has developed her career mainly in Musical Theatre performing the roles of Lucy in The Threepenny Opera (Lisbon, 2005), Carmen Diaz in Fame (UK Tour, 2007) and Hunyak in Chicago (Kuala Lumpur, 2007).
[5] Madalena played the role of Fantine in the reimagined 25th Anniversary production of Les Misérables, which opened at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 22 December 2009 and ended at the Barbican Theatre, London on 2 October 2010.
On 27 June 2014 it was announced that Evita was due to open on Tuesday 16 September 2014 at the recently refurbished Dominion Theatre for 55 performances only starring Marti Pellow and Alberto.
[11] After a successful run in the West End, receiving rave reviews for her role, Alberto was nominated as Best Actress in a Musical in the 15th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards.
[12] Alberto joined the cast of The Vote, a play by James Graham at London's Donmar Warehouse alongside Judi Dench, Mark Gatiss and Catherine Tate.
[13] Madalena made her solo concert debut in London, Don't Cry For Me, on 25 July 2015, at St. James Studio, with Alfonso Casado as MD, and with Sophie Evans, Ceilli O’Connor, Simon Bailey, Jade Anouka and Sam Cassidy as guest artists.
[16] Alberto made her Spanish debut in Barcelona on 3 December 2012, performing in an intimate concert at La Cova del Drac with Nina and Daniel Anglès as special guests.
[17] She came back to Barcelona in 2015, performing at L'Auditori (Sala Alicia Larrocha) on 24 March with Joan Tena, Lucy Lummis and Anna Mateo as special guests.
– The 2010 Cast album,[23] Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2 CD and DVD,[24] and The Postman and the Poet[25] and One Touch of Venus[26] released by Jay Records.
[28] She performed the role of Carrie in Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds musical at the Dominion Theatre, in London's West End, from 8 February to 30 April 2016.