Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette – BBC Symphony Orchestra recording (Chandos Records)
“Samuel Boden is a strong and even-voiced singer with as good a command of the language as one could wish.” MusicWeb-International.com, 19 October 2016
Category: REVIEWS
Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings – Camerata Salzburg at Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum
“As a native speaker and brilliant interpreter of texts, Boden is uniquely qualified to convey these complex and evocative lyrics. Beyond the merely comprehensible diction which is signature of most English singers, he revealed intensely moving layers of diverse colours and emotions.” Treffpunkt Kultur, October 2016 “…the refined, impeccably polished voice of the tenor Samuel Boden.” Salzburger Nachrichten, 10th October 2016
Music inspired by Shakespeare: Purcell, Blow, Locke, Draghi – BBC Proms at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
“Samuel Boden’s tenor was shown to its best in the following aria, “I see she flies me”, where the more melancholic and austere moments let the creaminess of his voice take on a more reflective colour.” “The comedy that these two singers created, particularly Boden, spectacular in drag and crying “no Kissing at all” was terrific fun and dispatched with impressive speed and precision – Boden’s vocal inflections were highly enjoyable.” ★★★★☆ Backtrack, 14th August 2016
Orff: Carmina Burana – BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
“Tenor Samuel Boden played the comically poignant role of the strangled, roasted swan to perfection.” Nottingham Post, 14 March 2016
Alec Roth: A Time to Dance – Ex Cathedra (Hyperion Records)
“A strong quartet of soloists move through the seasons… Samuel Bodensensuous, Brittenish summer.“Gramophone, February 2016
Rameau: Castor et Pollux – St John’s Smith Square
“As Castor, Samuel Boden sang notably communicative French, his light tenor phrasing with a near-ideal period elegance.”Financial Times, 23 November 2015