Alfie Boe
Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe (born 29 September 1973), known professionally initially as both Alf and Alfred Boe as well as, more recently, Alfie Boe, is an English tenor and actor, notably performing in musical theatre.
He is best known for his internationally critically acclaimed performances as Jean Valjean in the musical Les Misérables, playing the role in the Queen's Theatre in London, England, the Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary Concert in October 2010, and currently in the Broadway revival. As well, Boe shared a Tony Award with the other members of the ensemble cast of Baz Luhrmann's 2002 revival of La bohème in 2003.
Background
Boe, the youngest in a family of nine children, was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, and brought up in nearby Fleetwood. His mother and father – who are of Irish and Norwegian descent respectively – named him after the Italian name of Pope John XXIII. He attended St Wulstan's and St Edmund's School and Cardinal Allen Catholic High School in Fleetwood. 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 Bohème for the first time.
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Alfie Boe
ALBUMS
- Home for the Holidays released: 2013
- Storyteller released: 2012
- Love Was A Dream released: 2011
- Alfie released: 2011
- You'll Never Walk Alone released: 2011
- Bring Him Home released: 2010
- Onward released: 2007
- La Passione released: 2007
- Classic FM Presents Alfie Boe released:
Home for the Holidays
Released 2013- Jingle Bells
- Sing Noel! A Christmas Processional
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- I Wonder as I Wander
- From Heaven on High (Vom Himmel hoch)
- God Bless the Master of This House
- "Christmas at Home:" (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Somewhere in My Memory
- Bring Him Home
- "A Christmas Waltz Fantasy:" The Christmas Waltz; Silver Bells; Sleep Well, Little Children
- Sleigh Ride
- What Shall We Give?
- Angels, From the Realms of Glory
Alfie
Released 2011- Being Alive
- Maria
- When I Fall in Love
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
- Song to the Siren
- When You Wish Upon a Star
- Music of the Night
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- In My Daughter's Eyes
- Over the Hills and Far Away
- Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
- Wheels of a Dream
- It Was a Very Good Year
- Who Am I
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Onward
Released 2007- A Living Prayer
- Gaelic Blessing
- Amazing Grace
- The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)
- I Vow to Thee My Country
- I Wonder as I Wander
- Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
- Balulalow (From Ceremony of Cards)
- Ave Verum Corpus Natum
- Be Still My Soul (Finlandia Hymn)
- Cujus Animam (From Stabat Mater)
- You'll Never Walk Alone
Classic FM Presents Alfie Boe
- Che gelida manina - Puccini (from La Boheme)
- Core 'ngrato - Cardillo
- Una furtive lagrima - Donizetti (from L'elisir d'amore)
- E lucevan le stelle - Puccini (from Tosca)
- Vesti la giubba- Leoncavallo (from Pagliacci)
- Lensky's aria - Tchaikovsky (from Eugene Onegin)
- Addio fiorito asil - Puccini (from Madame Butterfly)
- Ombra mai fu - Handel (from Xerxes)
- Dalla sua pace - Mozart (from Don Giovanni)
- Il mio tesoro - Mozart (from Don Giovanni)
- Je crois entendre encore - Bizet (from the Pearl Fishers)
- Jerusalem - Parry
- La donna è mobile - Verdi (from Rigoletto)
- Nessun dorma - Puccini (from Turandot)
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by Alfie Boe
Wheels of a Dream
by: Alfie Boe[Alfie]
I see his face.
I hear his heartbeat.
I look in those eyes.
How wise they seem.
Well, when he is old enough
I will show him America
And he will ride
On the wheels of a dream.
We'll go down South
And see your people
Won't they take to him
Like cats to cream!
Then we'll travel on from there.
California or who knows where!
And we will ride
On the wheels of a dream.
Yes, the wheels are turning for us, girl.
And the times are starting to roll.
Any man can get where he wants to
If he's got some fire in his soul.
We'll see justice, Sarah,
And plenty of men
Who will stand up
And give us our due.
Oh, Sarah, it's more that promises.
Sarah, it must be true.
A country that let's a man like me
Own a car, raise a child, build a life with you...
With you...
Beyond that road,
Beyond this lifetime
That care full of hope
Will always gleam!
With the promise of happiness
And the freedom he'll live to know.
He'll travle with head held high,
Just as far as his heart can go
And he will ride-
Our son will ride-
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