Alfie Boe performs 'Music of the Night' live on QVC

[MrAbeLink]

Beautiful. Imagine what would be created if we took the pure sound of Boe and the passion of Crawford and birthed a perfect musical offspring. :)  The mind reels.

[Patter79]

Bravo!!!



[phanofjohn]

i think the "stiffness" maybe comes from the suit!! he can't loosen up!! who knows, but he has an amazing voice!! (and not bad to look at either!)

[tenorwannabe12]

Alfie Boe is an excellently trained tenor! He is my favorite voice for nearly any role I have heard him sing. There is no way to evaluate and compare top notch singers. Michael Crawford (the original phantom) was excellent due to his great emotion! I love Ramin as the phantom also! They all bring something new to their part! Their is no comparism! It is great to see such an excellently trained tenor leave the realm of opera and perform these songs. He would make an amazing phantom also!

[CrazyGood88]

squeal...major major squal when i found this. I love his voice. put to my favorite musical i absolute died. only downside-alfie looks exhausted.

[VolleyballQueen2016]

I believe I just died and went to heaven...ohhhhh so beautiful

[wrkngmom05]

He looks tired...I love his voice. Maybe with some rest, he could do much better

[65depeter]

I'am from Belgium and i like Alfie Boe very good tenor

[meal2008]

superb! I'm a Big fan ever

[Lot666Then]

He's so amazing!!!!!



[Lot666Then]

He should totally play the Phantom. Thumbs up if you agree.

[dlowe123456]

@greencharlie7 you have good taste!

[samwardsamward]

In his defense it sounds like he's bound by the constraints of a backing track, which prevents him from playing around with the tempo, which in a lot of cases adds a lot of emotion to a song. Les Mis proved he can act, but he's still primarily a singer and he's never played the phantom, so he's never really had a chance to sing this song as passionately as someone playing the role

[barra193]

@samwardsamward And can i just say, the album version sounds a lot better and sounds more like he is in the role.

[samwardsamward]

@barra193 although I'd wager when he was recording the album he'd have a live orchestra supporting him so he'd be able to slow down and speed up as he saw fit, which would probably help :)

[littlelottesangel]

@samwardsamward um his acting in Les Mis was so forced, and wooden. His voice is pretty awesome but not expressive at all!!! you dont need change the tempo of the song to portray emotion!!! If he was in a mask that would be true but his face is uncovered and it was expressionless

[dlowe123456]

Good....but, got absolutely nothing on John Owen Jones

[greencharlie7]

got to agree with @dlowe123456 .. i love alfie boe, but John Owen Jones is the master of this song... Also Ramin does a good job

[Lot666Then]

@greencharlie7 Ramin is the best I LOVE him!

[bananabop21]

I'd be even more sad than usual for the phantom if he was Alfie cuz who in their right mind would reject him!?

[courtneyluvsglee]

He is amazing

[MsQjoe]

Because I didn't love you enough already Alfie...

[SHkiyolove]

@PapermateMan Yes, true. Loads of artists have sung MotN without ever playing the role.

[TRHclub]

Alfie would be wonderful in Phantom...

[SHkiyolove]

A good voice as usual, but he makes this song sound DEAD. No emotion, no sensuality, no nothing. He'd be so unsuitable as a Phantom. If he wants to do more musicals, he should choose roles that suit his singing style = still too operatic. And that's coming from an opera fan.

[PaperMateMan]

@SHkiyolove yeah I agree with you, I'm a huge Alfie fan and opera fan, I just can't see him as phantom, the phantom is big in voice and action. Alfie Boe could play Valjean because Valjean kind of sweeps in and out of the story (even though it's about him).

However by putting this on his album it doesn't mean he wants to play phantom, he just likes it. He's not doing as much acting as other phantoms because a studio album is simply a totally different forum to that of a stage production :)

[thephantom3194]

@SHkiyolove I have to disagree, his singing more than captures the mood of this song. I think musical theatre needs to change, no more disregarding the voice in favour of "character", the first prerequisite of any role should be that they can sing like this. Otherwise the musical theatre scene will end up being overrun by wannabe pop stars... oh wait... *cough* Nick Jonas *cough*

[SHkiyolove]

@thephantom3194 You think so? I didn't think he even understands the meaning of this song from what I could tell from this short clip. He'd have had a better chance with a full version (I didn't buy his CD, so I don't know).

However, I agree with 1 of your points. Music Theatre industry should really cast actors who can sing. But, that's not to say someone with a good voice can play any role even if he/she can't act, because musicals are still plays with stories to tell.

[Lot666Then]

@thephantom3194 Hey, Nick Jonas was very good as Marius in Les Mis.

[thephantom3194]

@Lot666Then You are wrong, I'm terribly sorry for being the one to break it to you.

[BarbieDollGirl14]

Alfie should be the next Phantom on Broadway.  I think I would die.

[Telen0423]

He reverted to "You alone can make my song take flight" normal lyric. Thanks for posting this! Expressive version.

[RaySingh87]

Valjean with a mask.... Hmmm.... *tries to picture it, smiling*

[benjiboi20]

@RaySingh87 would be good but wished that colm would do one to see who would be the best at it out of the valjeans i prefer

[RaySingh87]

@benjiboi20 He actually did sing that. Look up "colm wilkinson music of the night." He's actually good. I prefer Alfie though. Alfie AND John Owen Jones.

[joshandm]

Is there a better singer in the world right now?

[JAyala7293]

He looks a lot older here than he did in the 25th anniversary concert

[arachi112]

@JAyala7293 stage makeup does that

[arachi112]

a-ma-zing need to get this album, it'll be even better on there, his advert ones are normaly not quite as good as the albums

[MrPianoJames]

Far too fast... but nothing to do with Alfie. Gotta love him!

[masumimasumi]

Great!

I would like to watch Alfie as Phantom!

[Didoria89]

Alfie as the phantom.... that would be a dream coming true =)

[doorknee71]

aah - lovely - not long til the cd gets here now!

[heyheymister]

anything you can do Alfie can do better :D

[RV11KH30]

Amazing!! Alfie Boe is the best ever :D

[joannecarroll1]

beautifel