Bring Him Home, from Les Misérables - Alfie Boe and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

 

Alfie Boe, English Tener

 

 

 

Bring Him Home

 

  

God on high 
Hear my prayer 
In my need 
You have always been there 
He is young 
He's afraid 
Let him rest 
Heaven blessed. 
Bring him home 
Bring him home 
Bring him home. 
He's like the son I might have known 
If God had granted me a son. 
The summers die 
One by one 
How soon they fly 
On and on 


And I am old 
And will be gone. 
Bring him peace 
Bring him joy 
He is young 
He is only a boy 
You can take 
You can give 
Let him be 
Let him live 
If I die 
Let me die 
Let him live 
Bring him home 
Bring him home 
Bring him home.

 

 

 

 

Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe (born 29 September 1973), known professionally initially as Alf or Alfred Boe and now as Alfie Boe, is an English tenor.

Boe, the youngest in a family of nine children, was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, and brought up in nearby Fleetwood. Contrary to popular belief, he does not have  Italian blood. His mother and father - who are of Irish and Norwegian descent respectively - named him after the Italian name of Pope John XXIII. He attended St Wulstan's and St Edmund's School and Cardinal Allen Roman 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. <Wikipedia>

 

 

Alfie Boe sings during a Memorial Day concert

on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., 26 May 2013

 

Alfie Boe

Tony Award-winner Alfie Boe, a household name in the UK, celebrates one million records sold in the last 24 months.  He is set to start his completely sold out UK Tour, titled Storyteller, after a successful 27-date tour here in the US.  In fact, just last year Boe’s autobiography, “Alfie: My Story,” hit number two on the UK Sunday Times Bestseller List and 2013 is set to be an even bigger year for him.  Growing up the youngest in a large Catholic family in the British seaside town of Fleetwood, Boe was encouraged in school to get a trade and began work as a car mechanic.  However, he then auditioned, and out of 1000 people, he was asked to join the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and toured the country for 12 months before winning a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London.  After a brief detour into rock and roll, Boe continued his classical education at the Royal Opera House’s Young Artists Programme, where six months into his course came the moment that defined his career.  Oscar-nominated director Baz Luhrmann (“Moulin Rouge”) was holding a London audition for his Broadway production of “La Boheme.”  Boe snagged the lead role in the show and made the controversial decision to leave his opera education for New York City.  After the nine-month Broadway run of “La Boheme” finished, he decided to stay in America and tour with the Boston Pops, singing songs from the Thirties and Forties.  In 2006, Boe released his debut album, “Classic FM Presents Alfie Boe.”  It was followed in 2007 by two more albums, “Onward” and “La Passione.”  The same busy year, he toured the UK with the Fron Male Voice Choir and was nominated for a Classical Brit Award.  In 2008, Boe was nominated for two more Classical BRIT Awards, and returned to the London Coliseum in a production of “The Merry Widow”and “Der Rosenkavalier,” before going back to the Royal Opera House for a role in “Elektra.”  In 2009, he released his fourth album, “Love Was A Dream” and made festival appearances all over the world, starring in a Welsh National Opera revival of “La Traviata”and reprising his role as Rodolfo in Sir Jonathan Miller’s English National Opera (ENO) production of “La Boheme.”  Boe’s highlights of 2010 include two operas for ENO – “The Pearl Fishers” and “Katya Kabanova” - as well as a production of “Romeo et Juliette” at Covent Garden.  In 2011, after slaying 38,000 enraptured fans as Jean Valjean at the “Les Misérables” 25th Anniversary O2 concerts, Boe conquered the West End with a five-month run at the Queen’s Theatre, where he transformed the role.  2011 also saw Boe enjoy Top 10 success with his first Decca album “Bring Him Home,” which went on to sell a quarter of a million copies. In July of that year he received the prestigious Silver Clef award for Classical Music.  In 2012 Boe gave an inspiring performance at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert in London, flooring the crowd with his vocal power.  His Storyteller tour launches March 22, 2013.

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