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Press release: Der fliegende Holländer

Internationally acclaimed cast in Wagner’s tempestuous tale of doomed love.

We were delighted that Dame Anne Evans was able to be with us for our recent performance of Die Meistersinger. …

Edward Christian-Hare
- 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.
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.
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"