The 2010 Royal Variety Performance of Les Miserables, Alfie Boe sings What Have I done. I love this song, and I think Alfie Boe has the most amazing voice I've heard in a long time!
yes ... there are great singers who ve played this role... but Alfie is beyond humanity..... whoever say there is a better Valjean singingwise , is just a fanboy.
I agree Boe's voice is excellent, especially in this role. He started with opera and you can tell! Mostly singers don't mix between opera and musicals because of risk of damage to the cords(vocal). Thank heavens for us he got tired of just opera. As he says, it's alot of standing. I love opera too, however!
I love Alfie. He has a beautiful tone to his voice, not to mention exquisite eye candy. Hugh Jackman on the other hand is no slack! His acting was superb and his voice is quite remarkable. Alfie auditioned and Jackman won the role. That's show biz! What I like is that Boe wasn't bitter. He is not only musically brilliant, but he has class.
It's for the best honestly. He's a better singer than Jackman definitely, but it wouldn't matter, cause in those conditions no one would sound world class. Better to go with the veteran who is used to the rigors of a film schedule, and also has enough singing experience that his voice wouldn't be damaged or anything. And that's not just speculation: the bishop is on screen for like 2 minutes, and is an easy role that any male voice type can sing. Wilkinson didn't sound like anything special in it. But when he sang bring him home at this concert around the same time, he sounded basically like himself. So it's not that he aged or anything, it was just Hoopers stupid live recording
You'll notice there is no orchestra, it's just a track over the sound system. Alfie is, essentially, singing this karaoke style. He doesn't have a lot of give here. The whole Variety performance was like that. As for Jackman....
Of course he was hurrying, they only had a certain amount of time to get through the songs they were doing. I liked Hugh's portrayal, but you cannont beat Alfie in my opinion.
This is a real man, not just performing but inhabiting a role. He is surely one of our greatest living performers. Keep all your silly 'pop' singers. Alfie is King!
So, you know how in Phantom, the phantom is supposed to have this voice that entrances everyone that hears it and can basically turn you to jelly? And that that sort of thing is hard to translate to real life? Alfie Boe is the closest I've heard to a real voice that captures that. He is amazing.
Wanna know why I like Les Mis after glossing it over for so long? This guy. On this song. Never has a musical punched me through the screen more than “WHAT have I done- SWEET JESUS- what have I done? Become a THIEF in the night- become a DOG on the RUN.”
I love how Alfie Boe injects emotion and passion into his performance. No doubt he's one of the best. However, with emotion, calmness and contemplation is also necessary. That's why I think Colm Wilkinson's performance was a tiny bit better. But not by much. Boe is an extremely close second.
I guess that's up to personal preference. While the Colm Wilkinson version is amazing, I actually like the anger better in this version. Even the contemplative part is lined with this feeling that he still doesn't think he deserves this second chance because he is too angry at himself and the world. I like seeing what different singers bring to this song, it completely changes based on the emotion they put into it :)
NBC Universal has been blocking clips from the 25th Les Mis dvd since mid January. The only ones you'll find now are clips shot by audience members -- and even some of them have been taken down. Fie on them!
To all the people saying it seems rushed. The movie version was slowed way down. This is about the speed this song is usually at. I was surprised at first too, having fallen in love with Les Miserables through the movie first.
I will always have a special place in my heart for Colm Wilkinson, considering that he was the original, and even Hugh Jackman, because that was the first time I had ever been introduced to Les Miserables. And while I agree that Alfie Boe can be a bit over-emotional at times, I am now 99.99% sure that he is my favorite Valjean, he has the voice I wish I could have, and that makes him the Valjean I'd want to be to a certain extent. I'd still incorporate my own style and interpretation to it, given the chance. That is expected from an artist of any kind.
Did you know that Alfie was at one point in the running to play Jean Valjean in the Les Miserablés movie? They eventually gave it to Hugh Jackman - who did a good job - because they wanted someone who actually had experience in movies, something Alfie lacked, but maybe someday...
@JoJoBee19 Yeah, I think the music's a pre-record, too. Does make it more impressive, bc Alfie had to sing and act while listening for those cues. Is he even miked himself, personally? Bc you can hear his voice filling the theater, you can hear it bouncing back. Love what a real, trained opera singer can do with this song.
yes ... there are great singers who ve played this role... but Alfie is beyond humanity..... whoever say there is a better Valjean singingwise , is just nonsense
@JoJoBee19 Had looked but couldn't spot the mike. All the reviews/comments say he's a completely different Valjean, and stunning in it. Maybe people should beg Cameron to film the current show. Or at least tape it for a cast album (full show, if I wanted excerpts there's the 25th dvd). Would be a crime not to have a record of such an amazing performance.
Ok He is definietly an amazing singer, but to me the first part is very annoying. The way he puts emphasis on certain words is just too much! Maybe it is because I heard Colm Wilkinson's version first, but the way Colm goes through that first part and switches to that different tone in the second part is just genius! Alfie is just a bit too much opera for me. Colm is just heaven in the emotional department as he shows all facets of his emotions with more subtlety.
"They" took the 25th Anniversary off of UA-cam. Any help from anyone to guide me to a post of the entire...THING? THANK YOU to anyone who may assist me in finding this. Boe was AMAZING!
I think thats the difference between live musical and musical films. In the film, Hugh can sings in whatever tempo he wants, as there's just a pianist playing according to his tempo and orchestra music comes in during editing, and i agree there's a lot of depth in the protrayal. But for live musical i think he gotta consider the whole orchestra, being in sync, so sort of less free style. The protrayal is very different as compared to the film, alfie protrays a more angry and confused valjean.
Dear Mr. Tom Hooper...fine director that you are, you and your director of casting made a HUGE mistake when you did your film version of this. The End.
Also good, but Alfie Boe is the best. Colm Wilkinson is probably the best-known Jean Valjean though. He was a cameo in the movie. He played the priest.
I won't ever understand why people complained so much about Crowe, who I felt was a really good Javert (although nobody will ever quite compare to Quast in my eyes), but hardly anyone had anything bad to say about Jackman (who acted the part very well, but whose 'Bring Him Home' were three of the most cringe-worthy minutes I've ever had to endure in a cinema).
By far the best voice to sing Jean Valjean...the background of this role is operatic..and so should be the sound of this role...except for the high scream at the very beginning in the prologue(which Alfie sang as a glorious high C), all the other high notes should be sung and not screamed or belted... the tonal quality Alfie brought to this role is just what was the intention of Schönberg and Boublil as they created the role, therefore his voice is the best possible one to cast.
One, this is a track so Alfie has a lot less flexibility, even during the recitatives. Two, the revisions made around the 25th anniversary performances brought up the tempo of a lot of songs, including this one. Notably, look up more recent versions of Look Down/Prologue which has a new percussive beat and is very much faster from the original song.
I’m sorry, but he did much better than hugh. this is my opinion so it’s ok if you disagree but hugh DIDNT DRINK WATER FOR 36 HOURS!! that’s BOUND to mess up your voice. AND THIS GUY SOUNDS SO MUCH CLEARER THAN HUGH!! HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN VALJEAN!! again this is my opinion, the choices made in the movie was just awful, hugh is a great actor it’s just that he wouldn’t have been *so* much better if he wasn’t in that movie, it did not do him justice. he tried, but it flopped BAD 😬
He should have been in the movie!!!
Alfie Boe is a freakin' BEAST!!! His voice completely blows me away whenever I hear it.
Best singer to ever play this role.
Mathew Hutchins
No but Alfie is my first choice and my favorite
yes ... there are great singers who ve played this role... but Alfie is beyond humanity..... whoever say there is a better Valjean singingwise , is just a fanboy.
Jonathan Fuentes Colm is just so bad though, how can he be your favorite?
i saw him in the revival on broadway:)
I agree Boe's voice is excellent, especially in this role. He started with opera and you can tell! Mostly singers don't mix between opera and musicals because of risk of damage to the cords(vocal). Thank heavens for us he got tired of just opera. As he says, it's alot of standing. I love opera too, however!
I love Alfie. He has a beautiful tone to his voice, not to mention exquisite eye candy. Hugh Jackman on the other hand is no slack! His acting was superb and his voice is quite remarkable. Alfie auditioned and Jackman won the role. That's show biz! What I like is that Boe wasn't bitter. He is not only musically brilliant, but he has class.
It's for the best honestly. He's a better singer than Jackman definitely, but it wouldn't matter, cause in those conditions no one would sound world class. Better to go with the veteran who is used to the rigors of a film schedule, and also has enough singing experience that his voice wouldn't be damaged or anything. And that's not just speculation: the bishop is on screen for like 2 minutes, and is an easy role that any male voice type can sing. Wilkinson didn't sound like anything special in it. But when he sang bring him home at this concert around the same time, he sounded basically like himself. So it's not that he aged or anything, it was just Hoopers stupid live recording
Wasn’t he operatically trained?
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His eyes and his passion are amazing... amazing...
You'll notice there is no orchestra, it's just a track over the sound system. Alfie is, essentially, singing this karaoke style. He doesn't have a lot of give here. The whole Variety performance was like that.
As for Jackman....
I was lucky to see him in London as Valjean. Unforgettable!
Majestic performance from the best tenor around. Looking foward to seeing him and Mr Ball this year.
I love how the crew refused to give him a mic... after all he doesnt need it.
At 2:23 you can see the mic in the right side of his forehead
Usually because of his operatic voice he wouldn’t use a mic. But here he is wearing one as you can see it in his hair.
What a Great Voice
I love him. The best Valjean and my favorite classical singer.
Honestly, why wasn't he Valjean in the movie? He is fantastic!
Hugh Jackman was equally awesome
Francesco Verdelli not really
@@gleamingrake7689 Jackman could've been better if he didn't deprive himself of water for 36 hours.
Because tom cared about an all star cast and oscars
@@kiwuwuwu And actually sung lines properly, instead of speak-singing
By far my favorite Valjean!!
He did this song so well and he did a wonderful job singing it on the Staged concert as well
He should play the phantom in phantom of the opera with a voice like that
The best valjean for me. There's the right use of the dynamics and accents. Alfie is too awesome. :bd
Of course he was hurrying, they only had a certain amount of time to get through the songs they were doing. I liked Hugh's portrayal, but you cannont beat Alfie in my opinion.
This is a real man, not just performing but inhabiting a role. He is surely one of our greatest living performers. Keep all your silly 'pop' singers. Alfie is King!
Thank you for uploading this. He's amazing. As Cam Mack says "a great big manly, operatic tenor" Can't wait to see him next year in the WE as Valjean.
Dayum!!! I love Colm, but Alfie is insane! Wow!
할말이 없다 ㅜㅜ 경이롭고 위대하다 워낙 고음이라 정성화.양준모도 헉헉거리며 불렀었는데 성악가가 이런고음이 되다니 진짜 경악
Best Valjean ever. Incredible the technicality he brings to this
So, you know how in Phantom, the phantom is supposed to have this voice that entrances everyone that hears it and can basically turn you to jelly? And that that sort of thing is hard to translate to real life? Alfie Boe is the closest I've heard to a real voice that captures that. He is amazing.
Wonderful I am surprised and excited ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wanna know why I like Les Mis after glossing it over for so long? This guy. On this song. Never has a musical punched me through the screen more than “WHAT have I done- SWEET JESUS- what have I done? Become a THIEF in the night- become a DOG on the RUN.”
I love how Alfie Boe injects emotion and passion into his performance. No doubt he's one of the best. However, with emotion, calmness and contemplation is also necessary. That's why I think Colm Wilkinson's performance was a tiny bit better. But not by much. Boe is an extremely close second.
I guess that's up to personal preference. While the Colm Wilkinson version is amazing, I actually like the anger better in this version. Even the contemplative part is lined with this feeling that he still doesn't think he deserves this second chance because he is too angry at himself and the world. I like seeing what different singers bring to this song, it completely changes based on the emotion they put into it :)
by far my favorite valjean.
Orgasmic, this is just delicious.. the sound bouncing off the theater just makes it even better..
fantastic voice!! for me the best valjean
oh god i love this man
The best Valjean
They guy switching camera's was doing wayyyyy too much damage here.
Hahaha I know right
Amazing!
Legend
NBC Universal has been blocking clips from the 25th Les Mis dvd since mid January. The only ones you'll find now are clips shot by audience members -- and even some of them have been taken down. Fie on them!
awesome!
He's amazing!
To all the people saying it seems rushed. The movie version was slowed way down. This is about the speed this song is usually at. I was surprised at first too, having fallen in love with Les Miserables through the movie first.
すごすぎて言葉も出ない、、
great valjean
Am I the only one who finds it strange not to hear the "At the end of the day" kick in as the applause erupts?
I love the emotion he has in this!
I will always have a special place in my heart for Colm Wilkinson, considering that he was the original, and even Hugh Jackman, because that was the first time I had ever been introduced to Les Miserables. And while I agree that Alfie Boe can be a bit over-emotional at times, I am now 99.99% sure that he is my favorite Valjean, he has the voice I wish I could have, and that makes him the Valjean I'd want to be to a certain extent. I'd still incorporate my own style and interpretation to it, given the chance. That is expected from an artist of any kind.
Did you know that Alfie was at one point in the running to play Jean Valjean in the Les Miserablés movie? They eventually gave it to Hugh Jackman - who did a good job - because they wanted someone who actually had experience in movies, something Alfie lacked, but maybe someday...
Remind me again what's so 'legendary' about Colm Wilkinson?
He is the best Jean Valjean :)
XD I was like what...and then I actually took the time to listen to it.
What I'd give to be able to sing like that for just an hour... Sigh...
Ramin Karimloo, one of the most popular Phantoms, also played Enjolras.
@JoJoBee19 Yeah, I think the music's a pre-record, too. Does make it more impressive, bc Alfie had to sing and act while listening for those cues. Is he even miked himself, personally? Bc you can hear his voice filling the theater, you can hear it bouncing back. Love what a real, trained opera singer can do with this song.
yes ... there are great singers who ve played this role... but Alfie is
beyond humanity..... whoever say there is a better Valjean singingwise ,
is just nonsense
@JoJoBee19 Had looked but couldn't spot the mike. All the reviews/comments say he's a completely different Valjean, and stunning in it. Maybe people should beg Cameron to film the current show. Or at least tape it for a cast album (full show, if I wanted excerpts there's the 25th dvd). Would be a crime not to have a record of such an amazing performance.
I would prefer this dude 2 play the phantom
Laura Cristina De La Espriella however it was Norm Lewis who played alongside him as Javert who took the role
Alfie Boe IS Jean Valjean. Anyone else is playing Alfie Boe.
See him at the Imperial on Broadway!
True. Best Marius in my opinion. He blended a strong, operatic voice with a youthful sound so perfectly.
Ok He is definietly an amazing singer, but to me the first part is very annoying. The way he puts emphasis on certain words is just too much! Maybe it is because I heard Colm Wilkinson's version first, but the way Colm goes through that first part and switches to that different tone in the second part is just genius! Alfie is just a bit too much opera for me. Colm is just heaven in the emotional department as he shows all facets of his emotions with more subtlety.
"They" took the 25th Anniversary off of UA-cam. Any help from anyone to guide me to a post of the entire...THING? THANK YOU to anyone who may assist me in finding this. Boe was AMAZING!
Ele é perfeito.
Most of the actors who have played Valjean have also been Phantoms.
Where did this play, how big was the theater? Because I can hear Alfie's voice bouncing off the back walls.
I kind of feel like this is his signature song in the role, like BHH is Colms
This was the speed that was used through Les Mis 25th, which what I compare all productions with.
Yes, I know, but the person I really wanted to see in a cameo was Michael Ball; he made Marius!
so fucking cool
I think thats the difference between live musical and musical films. In the film, Hugh can sings in whatever tempo he wants, as there's just a pianist playing according to his tempo and orchestra music comes in during editing, and i agree there's a lot of depth in the protrayal. But for live musical i think he gotta consider the whole orchestra, being in sync, so sort of less free style. The protrayal is very different as compared to the film, alfie protrays a more angry and confused valjean.
good...................
Compared to Wilkinson, he seems much more emotional.
As much as I love X-men, I prefer this version of this song.
Dear Mr. Tom Hooper...fine director that you are, you and your director of casting made a HUGE mistake when you did your film version of this. The End.
"He told me that I have a sol"
@jozaphoenix you know you can still change that to a like right....
I have so wanted to see Alfie boe in the movie Hugh Jackman is really disappointing ><
Starting at 2:33, does anyone else feel like they rushed through the music??
Alfie boe + john owen jones = colm wilkinson
미쳤다 진짜
Also good, but Alfie Boe is the best. Colm Wilkinson is probably the best-known Jean Valjean though. He was a cameo in the movie. He played the priest.
i dont like the fact he is so mad
the way he hits the notes is amazing though
1st ( Dom Fera )
I’m soooo fucking Jealous...MBN!!!
Why is he in such a hurry?
Think about it, they only had a certain amount of time to get through the songs
I love JOJ more but he is sooo good too
정말경이롭다 음정이정말반박도아니고 하나도틀리지않고 감정도그래도유지하기가힘든데
I agree about Crowe, there was something about him that just didnt fit. Overall though I liked the film, but it will never beat the stage show.
I won't ever understand why people complained so much about Crowe, who I felt was a really good Javert (although nobody will ever quite compare to Quast in my eyes), but hardly anyone had anything bad to say about Jackman (who acted the part very well, but whose 'Bring Him Home' were three of the most cringe-worthy minutes I've ever had to endure in a cinema).
By far the best voice to sing Jean Valjean...the background of this role is operatic..and so should be the sound of this role...except for the high scream at the very beginning in the prologue(which Alfie sang as a glorious high C), all the other high notes should be sung and not screamed or belted... the tonal quality Alfie brought to this role is just what was the intention of Schönberg and Boublil as they created the role, therefore his voice is the best possible one to cast.
One, this is a track so Alfie has a lot less flexibility, even during the recitatives. Two, the revisions made around the 25th anniversary performances brought up the tempo of a lot of songs, including this one. Notably, look up more recent versions of Look Down/Prologue which has a new percussive beat and is very much faster from the original song.
hugh jackman was pretty nasally, but this is mostly just fast shouting?
AP in theatre ‘fast shouting’ = emotion
Lmfao. It’s called belting.
but alfie has a better voice i like both, although oi must admid i was supriced that i liked Hugh Jackman ^^
I’m sorry, but he did much better than hugh. this is my opinion so it’s ok if you disagree but hugh DIDNT DRINK WATER FOR 36 HOURS!! that’s BOUND to mess up your voice. AND THIS GUY SOUNDS SO MUCH CLEARER THAN HUGH!! HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN VALJEAN!! again this is my opinion, the choices made in the movie was just awful, hugh is a great actor it’s just that he wouldn’t have been *so* much better if he wasn’t in that movie, it did not do him justice. he tried, but it flopped BAD 😬
❤ This is my version: ua-cam.com/video/E9TXzArOMg4/v-deo.html
Dramatic tenor
What an inappropriate backdrop xD
Quast is WAY to old. Was Crowe the right choice? No, but you still usually are better off with FILM actors for a FILM.
Hugh jackman's has more emotion