Do we want to see Boe in Miz?

Alfie Boe and Cameron Mackintosh have both hinted at the possibility of the opera singer playing the role of Jean Valjean in the West-End production of Les Misérables next year, following his performance in the 25th Anniversary Concert at the 02 arena last Sunday.

Would we want to see him in the West-End production? Thoughts?

I really enjoyed his performance in the concert, but I don't know if his acting is up to standard to play the role in the actual production...

I would be interested to see him. Most people seem impressed by how he did at the concert, even if his lack of acting experience showed to hard-core fans. However, the best way for him to gain that acting experience would be to do the part properly for more than a couple of weeks.

My biggest concern would be that someone from an opera background, not used to singing eight shows a week, might forget to sing as if they've got another seven shows to do, but that's for him and his vocal coach to work on. I'd love to see what he'd be like after he'd had the chance to settle in.

Incidentally, I often got the impression that the reason JOJ was off so much in the last year was because he tried ot push it too hard some times.

Updated On: 10/9/10 at 03:34 AM

Opera singers usually don't sing 8 shows a week because of the way they are done in rep.

I would LOVE to see him.

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I just didn't feel he acted at all in Les Mis...it was either happy or sad...

Besides which, he doesn't look that handsome in his Valjean get up

He is certainly a handsome guy! Having seen him perform with the WNO I thought his acting was great-not too overdone which is the style in most opera performances. I agree that given a chance to really settle into the role he'd be excellent.

(can't comment on either les miz performance as I didn't see either)

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