“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

“Two outstanding soloists in particular raised the level of performance… Boden’s contribution…was easily the best of the entire performance. Boden’s vocal strength across the whole tenor register with a resonant top and firm bottom equipped him well for his aria, the rhythmic nightmare “Geduld, wenn mich falchen Zungen stechen” (“Endure through lies and taunts and slander”), and his performance, the most dramatically convincing, was in his eyes as much as in his voice.” Bachtrack, 2nd April 2013