Alfie: My Story - Hardcover

He s made it on talent, grit and determination, rather than let the establishment grind him down. He s remained his own man and a natural born entertainer...The break which changed his life came when a TVR customer urged him to audition with London s D Oyly Carte. At 19, he turned up in lumberjack shirt, jeans, boots, looked at the posh suits and ball gowns, thought I don t fit in here. And then proved why he did. The rest, as they say, is history. His story. And it s there to be read... --Bringing it Home , Feature, The Blackpool Gazette

Alfie Boe, the blokish tenor, was never a car mechanic. He once sprayed the undersides of TVRs black in Blackpool that s all. The Lancashire lad is keen to set the record straight in Alfie, a magnificent story...The chapter on his father s death is very moving --Hot Type: Celebrity Memoirs, The Telegraph

Alfie Boe is one of the world s most popular opera stars, and this autobiography tells how he first found fame...This is a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse of the man lauded as he best tenor Britain s produced in a generation --Candis

From car mechanic to internationally loved opera, musical and recording star: the story of Alfie Boe... Alfie Boe is the first official bad boy of opera: a musical superstar celebrated not only in Britain, but worldwide. This is the story of his life - the ups and the downs, from finding fame to losing his father - and, essentially, of his love affair with music. Raised in Lancashire, the youngest of nine children and with a father who played opera at home, Alfie's story is not typical of most musical stars. His dreams of singing were only ever going to be dreams until fate intervened in the form of a stranger: he was training as a car mechanic when a customer overheard him singing and told him about a London audition. Alfie tried out, got the part and has never since looked back. This is the tale of how Alfie went from car mechanic to the UK's most popular and well-known opera star, lauded by Baz Luhrman, Cameron Mackintosh and Michael Parkinson as the best tenor we've produced in a generation. Now, for the first time, he has granted his millions of fans an intimate glimpse into the life of the man they adore.