"The master stroke is the casting of tenor Samuel Boden as Platée. With his neat physique and charming voice, he gives us a Platée who is more likeable than anyone else on stage, however entertained we may be by the rest."Culture Whisper, 31st May 2024 ★★★★"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"There were lively performances from...Samuel Boden (a flamboyant Theseus)."Opera, October 2023"The sweetness and precision of Boden’s voice are coupled with a wonderful sense of acting, navigating with brio the different aspects of the character’s nymphomaniac behaviour…"The Critic, 21st July 2024"The tenor Samuel Boden has a well-kept dictation and effortlessly sings the sometimes difficult twists that Monteverdi puts into his mouth. - Even when the choir lifts [him] up and carries [him] across the stage."Cultureelpers Bureau, 27th January 2020
"The master stroke is the casting of tenor Samuel Boden as Platée. With his neat physique and charming voice, he gives us a Platée who is more likeable than anyone else on stage, however entertained we may be by the rest."Culture Whisper, 31st May 2024 ★★★★
"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
"There were lively performances from...Samuel Boden (a flamboyant Theseus)."Opera, October 2023
"The sweetness and precision of Boden’s voice are coupled with a wonderful sense of acting, navigating with brio the different aspects of the character’s nymphomaniac behaviour…"The Critic, 21st July 2024
"The tenor Samuel Boden has a well-kept dictation and effortlessly sings the sometimes difficult twists that Monteverdi puts into his mouth. - Even when the choir lifts [him] up and carries [him] across the stage."Cultureelpers Bureau, 27th January 2020