Alfie Boe - Che gelida manina - La Boheme - ENO

[Choirmaster2007]

urghhhh in English??? Really??? Beautiful voice though!

[ppfanby1]

It's a stunning performance, but please not in english!!!!!

[SJoynson]

Actually, it was not the orchestra that was drowning him out, but the set. I watched this while standing at the back of the Dress Circle and he was drowned out in this one. But, when he was front of stage with the set behind him, he was stunning.

[IheartZorro]

@SJoynson Did the set drown out the other singers as well?

[DTGeek155]

... I like Alfie Boe. I don't like this aria sung in English. First off, it took me about a minute to figure out it was sung in english...

[Dougknowspaper]

I cannot believe this is from the same show I saw earlier this year. From where I was sitting in the dress circle poor Alfie was totally drowned out by the orchestra! His voice just didn't seem to have the range this difficult song requires. Oh well, he still is very young, but he will never be a Bjorling in a million years,

[Englishtenor2]

Bravo Alfie! Hey, where's your Facebook page gone?

[Savoyard36]

I don't know about creepy ? certainly takes a bit of getting use to they looked so awkard sat down wouldn't it have worked better to have them standing once Alfie stated to sing. He sounded brilliant though as always :0)

[worldtraveler5]

I think the awkwardness is more due to the fact that they are just starting to fall in love, and don't quite know what to do about it. Beautifully sung.

[gesztenye]

sounds bit creepy in English...