The tireless Samuel Boden was totally convincing as the shell-shocked Orpheus. His voice is modest in size, but, crucial for this role, with a honey-toned, easy upper range. Although plaintive lyricism brought out the best in his voice, he could also handle the coloratura showpiece “L’espoir renaît dans mon âme”, and this while carrying Cupid on his shoulders.Bachtrack, 13 May 2015They also sing wonderfully, most notably…the haute-contre Samuel BodenThe Independent, 26 March 2014the Young Boy, then the young King, are superbly incarnated by the tenor Samuel Boden, whose voice, always at ease in the crystalline high notes and excellently projected, is an object of permanent delight.Classique News, 25 May 2019Well known haute-contre tenor Samuel Boden gives us a lesson in phrasing, with the usual elegance ..Forum Opera, 21 November 2019What luxury, though, to have five superb tenors of various ilks, from young Samuel Boden as Telemachus...theartsdesk.com, 11 January 2018
The tireless Samuel Boden was totally convincing as the shell-shocked Orpheus. His voice is modest in size, but, crucial for this role, with a honey-toned, easy upper range. Although plaintive lyricism brought out the best in his voice, he could also handle the coloratura showpiece “L’espoir renaît dans mon âme”, and this while carrying Cupid on his shoulders.Bachtrack, 13 May 2015
They also sing wonderfully, most notably…the haute-contre Samuel BodenThe Independent, 26 March 2014
the Young Boy, then the young King, are superbly incarnated by the tenor Samuel Boden, whose voice, always at ease in the crystalline high notes and excellently projected, is an object of permanent delight.Classique News, 25 May 2019
Well known haute-contre tenor Samuel Boden gives us a lesson in phrasing, with the usual elegance ..Forum Opera, 21 November 2019
What luxury, though, to have five superb tenors of various ilks, from young Samuel Boden as Telemachus...theartsdesk.com, 11 January 2018