ALFIE BOE

'Alfie Boe' (b.1973)
Operatic tenor, England
Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe was born in Fleetwood in Lancashire in 1973. His earliest musical memories were of listening to his father's Richard Tauber records and at the age of 11 he discovered Puccini's La boheme for the very first time.
At the age of 17, Alfie became an apprentice at the TVR factory in Bispham, Blackpool. He enjoyed entertaining his colleagues by signing opera arias while he polished the cars, and one fateful day was overheard by a client who was so impressed, he suggested Alfie should go to London to audition for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. His audition was a success and gave up polishing cars to embark on a signing career.
He moved to London and studied singing at the Royal College of Music, the National Opera Studio and the Royal Opera House’s Villar Young Artists Programme. Baz Luhrmann, who had spent 2 years looking for the lead for his Broadway production of "La boheme", approached Alfie for the role. Alfie went on to win a Tony Award for his performances.
In 2006, Alfie was signed to the Classic FM Presents label as their first signing in a new venture for the radio station. His album - "Classic FM Presents Alfie Boe" reached No. 2 in the UK classical chart.
In November 2006 Alfie Boe was signed to the EMI Classics label and his first album for the label entitled "Onward" is released in March 2007.
Alfie Boe toured the UK with the Fron Male Voice Choir in February 2007 and took part in the very first Classic FM webcast concert with soprano Natasha Marsh in March. In April, he starred alongside Lesley Garrett and Willard White in the ITV Music of Morse concert at the Royal Albert Hall. In June, Alfie Boe starred alongside Michael Ball in the English National Opera production of Kismet. His live performance of the song "Stranger in Paradise" from Kismet on the Michael Parkinson show was released as a digital download single on 25th June. In August 2007, Alfie Boe realised a long-held ambition to record an album of Neopolitan songs which is to be released in October 2007 under the title "La Passione".

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Discography

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Discography

★ "La Passione" (EMI Classics, 2007)

★ "Stranger in Paradise" (Live on Parkinson) / "You'll Never Walk Alone" (EMI Classics, 2007 - digital download single)

★ "A Living Prayer" / "Abide With Me" (EMI Classics, 2007 - digital download single)

★ "Onward" (EMI Classics, 2007)

★ "Classic FM Presents Alfie Boe" (Classic FM, 2006)

External links

★ Alfie Boe - Onward official album website

★ Alfie Boe official fan site by Classical X

★ Alfie Boe official MySpace music page

★ Alfie Boe video clips on YouTube

★ Interview with Alfie at Premier.tv