“Orphée, sung by Samuel Boden, is outstanding. His vocal colour, perfect diction and exceptional phrasing are spot on.”
Forum Opera (trans), 19 March 2015
Category Archives: REVIEWS
Purcell: King Arthur – Early Opera Company at the Wigmore Hall
“Boden showed off his easy lyric tenor…and demonstrated his flexibility by doubling as the third nymph in the trio of nymphs”
Planet Hugill, 13 February 2015
The Tempest: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
“tenor Samuel Boden being outstanding”
The Independent, 26 January 2015
“Samuel Boden sang ‘Arise ye subterranean winds’ which [has] a slightly awkward melody, but with quite a virtuoso element which was beautifully realised by Boden.”
“Boden showing a mellifluous lyric tenor voice and excelling at the elaborate ornamentation of the songs”
Planet Hugill, 25 January 2015
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex – BBC Proms
“Samuel Boden as the Shepherd [was] both incisive and superb…”
The Guardian, 8 August 2014
Rameau: Les Boréades – Aix-en-Provence Festival
“Samuel Boden, Abaris … A beautiful tenor voice, flexible and powerful”
Destimed 19 July 2014
“British tenor Samuel Boden… achieves a personal triumph thanks to his clear, bright timbre, stylistic intelligence, his admirable clarity of diction and his flawless virtuosity.”
Opera Online, 21 July 2014
Relique di Roma III: Rossi, Carissimi, Stradella – Atalante directed by Erin Headley.
“sung equally exquisitely by Samuel Boden.”
Musicweb Disc of the Month. June 2014