Since its inaugural performance of Die Meistersinger in 2014, the Saffron Opera Group (SOG) has presented eight of Wagner’s ten canonical operas in rural Essex.
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Peter Reed – Opera Magazine
Ten years ago Saffron Opera group made its debut at Saffron Hall with Wagner’s comedy of aesthetics
Katie Barnes
Saffron Opera Group celebrated its tenth anniversary with the opera that got them started, Die Meistersinger.
Paul Sheehan
Die Meistersinger – Hans Schwarz
Paul Sheehan graduated in music from Exeter University and was a choral scholar in Exeter …
Jim Pritchard – Seen and Heard International
Saffron Opera Group’s Meistersinger for its 10th anniversary was a triumph over adversity
Flora Willson – The Guardian
The ambitious Saffron Opera Group’s concert performance of Wagner’s opera had lost its leading man …
Geoff Brown – The Times
“this gimmick-free Wagner won me over”
Der fliegende Holländer
Sun 14th September 2025 @ 2:30pm –
Lawrence Thackeray
Ulrich Eisslinger
Simon Thorpe
Fritz Kothner