Tenor Samuel Boden is Pigmalion, the sculptor who creates a statue so beautiful he falls in love with it, only to have it come to life. He brings an exquisitely crafted, nuanced sound to the role, offset by the sound of the two flutes, who have plenty to do in Rameau’s score. Boden gives a detailed, polished account of Rameau’s florid vocal lines.Limelight Magazine, 16 June 2017Tenor Samuel Boden played the comically poignant role of the strangled, roasted swan to perfection.Nottingham Post, 14 March 2016The boy (Edward III – though no historical names are used) is the most memorable performer in the opera and a real achievement by Samuel Boden.Critics Circle, 23 May 2018The choice of the young British tenor Samuel Boden as Orphée is excellentOpera Magazine nl, 4 May 2015The impotence of the king’s son is aptly diffused through the clear timbre of Samuel Boden.Resmusica, 30 May 2019
Tenor Samuel Boden is Pigmalion, the sculptor who creates a statue so beautiful he falls in love with it, only to have it come to life. He brings an exquisitely crafted, nuanced sound to the role, offset by the sound of the two flutes, who have plenty to do in Rameau’s score. Boden gives a detailed, polished account of Rameau’s florid vocal lines.Limelight Magazine, 16 June 2017
Tenor Samuel Boden played the comically poignant role of the strangled, roasted swan to perfection.Nottingham Post, 14 March 2016
The boy (Edward III – though no historical names are used) is the most memorable performer in the opera and a real achievement by Samuel Boden.Critics Circle, 23 May 2018
The choice of the young British tenor Samuel Boden as Orphée is excellentOpera Magazine nl, 4 May 2015
The impotence of the king’s son is aptly diffused through the clear timbre of Samuel Boden.Resmusica, 30 May 2019