Alfie Boe
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Boe performing in May 2013
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe |
| Born |
29 September 1973 Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Origin | Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Genres | Classical crossover, operatic pop |
| Instruments | Vocals, drums |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Decca (UK), Manhattan (US) |
| Associated acts | The Clint Boon Experience |
| Website | www |
Alfred Giovanni Roncalli "Alfie" Boe (born 29 September 1973) 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, the Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary Concert in October 2010, and in the Broadway revival. He has been playing the lead role in Finding Neverland on Broadway beginning March 29, 2016. 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. He has sold over one million albums in the United Kingdom.
Boe, the youngest in a family of nine children, was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, and brought up in nearby Fleetwood. He is of Irish and Norwegian descent. His mother and father 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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