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.
Category: reviews
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”
Peter Reed – Opera Magazine
Le nozze di Figaro – Once again, Saffron Opera fielded an astutely chosen cast, led by Lucy Hall’s wise and sassy Susanna, Pauls Putnins’ cleverly realised Count, and Frederick Long’s personable Figaro.
Jim Pritchard – Seen & Heard International
Remarkable singing actors makes Saffron Opera Group’s Rosenkavalier a significant achievement.
In composing Der Rosenkavalier Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, respectively …
Peter Reed – Opera Magazine
Someone at Saffron Opera has got their ear to the ground for mainly young singers, and you may well wonder …
Katie Barnes
The Saffron Opera Group, currently celebrating its tenth anniversary, began marking the occasion with this concert performance of Don Giovanni …