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He's got the charm, the glossy pictures and the high-flying
album deal - but has Alfie Boe got the talent to match? Judge for
yourself from his latest recording La Passione, a
collection of Italian songs and arias.
Boe is the cheeky northern lad who gave up his job as a car
mechanic to pursue his dream to become an opera singer. He's
got an impressive opera CV: trained at London's National Opera
Studio after a stint at the Royal College of Music, he went on to
work for several years as a chorus member with the Scottish Opera,
English National Opera and at Glyndebourne before gaining a place
on the Royal Opera House's Young Artists Programme (then known
as the Vilar Young Artists Programme) in 2003.
He then progressed to singing solo roles, eventually winning a Tony
Award for his performance as Rodolfo in a controversial Baz
Luhrmann performance of La Bohème on Broadway.
It's a CV that any 33-year-old opera singer would be proud of.
Conveniently (?) acting as a tribute to the late, great Pavarotti,
La Passione opens with a rendition of Caruso, the
Lucio Dalla song made famous in the 1990s by the legendary Italian
tenor, who died in September.
Sophie Cashell (Track 1 - Chopin Scherzo No 3 Op 39)
Sophie Cashell
Scriabin (Track 1 – Etude, Op 8)
Yevgeny Sudbin
Honegger (Track 1 – Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Andante)
Christian Poltéra
Liszt (Track 4 – Sonetto 47 del Petrarca)
Libor Novacek
Elgar Cello Concerto (Track 1 – Adagio)
Natalie Clein
Carl Nielsen (Tack 1– Flute Concerto, Allegro moderato)
Emmanuel Pahud
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons (Track 1 – Spring)
Sarah Chang
