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Relative values: Tenor Alfie Boe and his mother Pat

Relative values: Tenor Alfie Boe and his mother Pat
Pat and Alfie share a joke as he sings and plays for her. Laughter and song were the norm in the Boe family household Alfie Boe, 36, the youngest of nine, who went from garage engineer to tenor at the English National Opera, and his mother, Pat, 77 Pat: There are worse things than having a lot of ... [MORE]

New Year message from Alfie

New Year message from Alfie
Hi Everyone, Alfie here in San Francisco - at the airport ! Its New Years Day and I played a concert here last night with San Francisco Symphony, to see The New Year in. Everyone had a wonderful time and I enjoyed it so much - thank you to the people here, the company, the orchestra and Maestro ... [MORE]

Artist viewpoint

Artist viewpoint
Get closer to live recording with this insider look from singer Alfie Boe as he explains why this recording was so enjoyable to make.  Alfie's new album 'Franz Lehar: Love was a Dream' was released this week...   I have to say that recording my latest album 'Franz Lehar: Love was a Dream' was the most enjoyable ... [MORE]

Alfie Boe, Opera’s Working Class Hero

Alfie Boe, Opera's Working Class Hero
My taxi driver had it just right: “An international opera singer, here? Give it a rest.” We were in Fleetwood, Lancashire, in an estate of ordinary homes, inside one of which was Britain’s brightest operatic treasure waiting for the Sunday Express. Even though his latest album of Franz Lehar’s melodies, Love Was A Dream, will soon be ... [MORE]

Behind the recording of ‘Love was a Dream’ with Philip Hobbs

Behind the recording of 'Love was a Dream' with Philip Hobbs
Linn's chief producer and audio consultant Philip Hobbs shares a unique insight into the making of "Franz Lehár: Love was a Dream", the new album by Britain's number one tenor, Alfie Boe.  The album was recorded at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in May 2009 and features The Orchestra of Scottish Opera directed by Michael Rosewell.   ... [MORE]

Alfie Boe’s operatic homing. La Traviata at the Liverpool Empire

Alfie Boe’s operatic homing. La Traviata at the Liverpool Empire
It was as near a homecoming as the Fylde’s local hero Alfie Boe was going to get, singing the part of Alfredo Germont in the latest Welsh National Opera staging of La Traviata. I doubt if the Alfie Boe fan club went home disappointed. The legend has it (quite rightly) that he started his life as a ... [MORE]

Alfie Boe, opera star and Liverpool Football Club fan

Alfie Boe, opera star and Liverpool Football Club fan
Tenor Alfie Boe can't wait to get back to Liverpool to appear in the Welsh National Opera's new production of La Traviata.  Because not only is the singing star a big fan of the city (he told me if he moved back to the north west it would be to Liverpool), but he's a big BIG fan ... [MORE]

Birthday message thanks

Birthday message thanks
Many thanks for the Birthday Greetings,  didn't get to party as I performed on stage that night in La Traviata but it's nice to be able to sing for an audience on my birthday.  Thanks for all your support and I hope you like the new album, which is out in November.  Much Love Alfie x [MORE]

Tenor Alfie Boe talks about his new role in the Welsh National Opera production of La Traviata

If you hear a touch of Verdi or Wagner on the production line at Halewood or Ellesmere Port don’t ignore it – you could be working next to the new Alfie Boe The Fleetwood-born tenor’s musical talents were first spotted when he was heard singing arias while working as an apprentice at the TVR factory near Blackpool. More ... [MORE]

Alfie Boe on singing Alfredo in La Traviata at the Empire Theatre

Alfie Boe on singing Alfredo in La Traviata at the Empire Theatre
Opera tenor Alfie Boe is finally realising his dream of singing on the Liverpool Empire stage. The Fleetwood-born star, who is playing Alfredo in the Welsh National Opera’s La Traviata this autumn, has long held an ambition to perform at the theatre. He says: “One place in particular that I’ve wanted to play for a long time is ... [MORE]
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