![]() He said that although he sang only a couple of lines he was extremely nervous.Īt the age of 17, Boe became an apprentice mechanic at the TVR factory in Bispham, Blackpool. īoe's first public performance, aged 14, was at Fleetwood's Marine Hall in a "Songs from the Shows" presentation organised by inspirational local singing teacher Lottie Dawson. His earliest musical memories were of listening to his father's Richard Tauber records and he discovered Puccini's La bohème for the first time. ![]() He attended St Wulstan's and St Edmund's School and Cardinal Allen Catholic High School in Fleetwood. His mother and father named him after the Italian name of Pope John XXIII. Background īoe, the youngest in a family of nine children, was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, and brought up in nearby Fleetwood. In October 2022 he announced that he would be doing a solo tour in 2023. One of his most recent performances include Together in Vegas (with Michael Ball). ![]() He has sold more than one million albums in the United Kingdom. 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 played the lead role in Finding Neverland on Broadway beginning 29 March 2016. He is best known for his performances as Jean Valjean in the musical Les Misérables at the Queen's Theatre in London, the 25th Anniversary Concert, the 2014 Broadway revival and the All-Star Staged Concert. Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe OBE (born 29 September 1973) is an English tenor and actor, notably performing in musical theatre.
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