Summary
Bizet: The Pearl Fishers English National Opera Anticipation ran pretty high at The Coliseum before curtain-up on English National Opera's new Pearl Fishers. Overheard, one elderly man to another: 'I'm really looking forward to hearing that great English tenor, Alfie Bass.' Somewhere up above, the star of The Army Game and Bootsie And Snudge must have smirked with satisfaction that at least one of his fans still remembers him.
I hope the old boy at The Coliseum wasn't too disappointed that he was actually getting Alfie Boe. He shouldn't have been; Alfie shone as Nadir, the pearl diver who finally gets his girl.See the full content of this document
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Pearl's No Gem but Alfie Shines ; Classical
Perhaps his voice is a size too small for the Coli, but he's a thoroughly attractive singer, and likely to be a mainstay of the ENO's lyric repertoire for years to come.
Indeed most of the singing couldn't be fau...See the full content of this document
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