Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe OBE (born 29 September 1973) is an
English tenor and actor, notably performing in musical theatre.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. He
played the lead role in Finding Neverland on Broadway beginning 29
March 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 more than 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 he discovered Puccini's La bohème for the
first time.
English tenor and actor, notably performing in musical theatre.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. He
played the lead role in Finding Neverland on Broadway beginning 29
March 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 more than 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 he discovered Puccini's La bohème for the
first time.
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