“…radiant height, dynamics and differentiating design – characteristics that also come to light in the performance of the tenors Samuel Boden and Guy Cutting.”
Online Merker, 15 April 2022
“Samuel Boden’s moving timbre corresponds well to the anguished “O Schmerz”.”
Forum Opera, 8 April 2022
“Samuel Boden was a tender Idamante.”
Opera, December 2021
“The overwhelming star of the evening is the Idamante of Samuel Boden, who only briefly survived the lily-adorned sacrificial altar, with a piano shimmer and the finest accuracy in haute-contre.”
Nmz online, 17 November 2021
“the fine-voiced Samuel Boden as Idamante.”
Orpheus Online, 11 November 2021
“Both Samuel Boden and Chiara Skerath are visually believable and immediately win over the audience with their beautiful voices. He with a bright, well-led tenor …”
Der Online Merker, 11 November 2021
“The interaction and the musical dialogue between Chiara Skerath and Samuel Boden, who portrays the young prince is deeply moving. Samuel Boden has only one aria, but the sensitivity of his beautiful and expressive tenor is simply overwhelming.”
Klassikinfo.de, 10 November 2021
“In the character of Idamante, the son of King Idomenee, Samuel Boden shone, a high tenor, charming, even tender.”
Opera Actual Online, 9 November 2021
“… tenor Samuel Boden succeeds as Idamante in great musical moments of silvery tenderness, especially in harpsichord-accompanied recitatives.”
Berliner Mogenpost, 8 November 2021
“… Samuel Boden’s Idamante, with its tenoral restraint, is a prime example of the male tenderness that was so common in the Baroque era.”
Berliner Zeitung, 8 November 2021
“As Idamante, Samuel Boden used his beautiful voice with sovereign agility.”
Kultura-Extra Online, 8 November 2021
“Samuel Boden’s Idamante is sensitive and in his inner turmoil, a tragic figure”
Kieler Nachrichten Online, 7 November 2021
“Samuel Boden sings Idamante with an unshakable tenderness that makes his lot seem all the more cruel.”
Tagesspiel, 6 November 2021
“But the tenor of the king’s son Idamante (Samuel Boden) floats pure and radiant above everything; which makes him, who only wants good for everyone, a natural victim. For the second half, Boden‘s portrayal of the unfortunate, all-loving Idamante is downright touching.”
Hundert 11 Online, 6 November 2021
“… Samuel Boden in particular as the Idomenee son Idamante, [is] characterized by a wonderfully supple, bright tonal range.“
Gf-kuehn.de, 5 November 2021
“Idamante benefits from the distinguished musicality of Samuel Boden,”
Diapason, 27 September 2021
“Samuel Boden’s Idamante is touched by grace… the British artist lives his role with a crazy naturalness, restoring both the worried tenderness of the son and the distress of the lover. “
Forum Opera, 27 September 2021
“… Samuel Boden’s Idamante, whose clear voice is that of the French haute-contres and whose articulation is irreproachable”
Concert Classic, 24 September 2021
From the Snape Maltings website I can share the news that in the light of the ongoing Coronavirus situation they have sadly had to cancel the 2020 Aldeburgh Festival.
Please visit their website for further information.
Unfortunately due to the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic the forthcoming tour performing Gesualdo “Dolcissima mis vita” with Collegium Vocale Gent has been cancelled.
Please visit their website for further information.
According to The Ulster Orchestra’s website “[d]ue to the ongoing public health situation, Waterfront Hall and Ulster Hall are now closed until 17 April at least and therefore there will sadly be no Ulster Orchestra concerts for this period.
Like you, we were looking forward to this great concert. However, we unfortunately won’t be in a position to reschedule and therefore it is with regret that this performance is cancelled.”
More information can be found here: https://www.ulsterorchestra.org.uk/whats-on/bach-mass-in-b-minor/