“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...
“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/
I am saddened to report that all performances of Pygmalion’s Maria Vespers (Monteverdi) which were due to take place this month have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. I travelled to Paris on Tuesday last week to begin rehearsing the piece, which we were set to perform in a staged production in Park Avenue Amory in New York at the end of March. The first day of rehearsals went well, but on the morning of the second day’s rehearsals we received the news that Donald Trump had banned all flights from Europe to the USA for the next...
