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.
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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 …
Irene Richards – Wagner News
There can be very few Comprehensive schools in the country that are blessed with a space like Saffron Hall. Saffron …
Peter Reed – Opera Magazine
After a two-year Covid-induced hiatus, Saffron Opera was back to their Wagner project with this fine concert performance of Tannhäuser. …
Peter Reed – Opera Magazine
The Saffron Opera Group has had its share of Covid casualties – its Tannhäuser was cancelled twice (third time lucky, …
Jim Pritchard – Seen & Heard International
I never mind repeating myself and when writing about Così fan tutte a few years ago I began ‘Looking back …
Michael Tanner
Each year in September the Saffron Opera Group gives a performance in the magnificent Saffron Hall of a Wagner opera, …
Jim Pritchard – Seen & Heard International
It was a day when you had to double-check your diary because it said it was September though it seemed …