Category: reviews

Irene Richards – Wagner News

There can be very few Comprehensive schools in the country that are blessed with a space like Saffron Hall.   Saffron …

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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. …

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Peter Reed – Opera Magazine

The Saffron Opera Group has had its share of Covid casualties – its Tannhäuser was cancelled twice (third time lucky, …

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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 …

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Michael Tanner

Each year in September the Saffron Opera Group gives a performance in the magnificent Saffron Hall of a Wagner opera, …

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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 …

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Anthony Negus – Wagner News

A beautiful sunny day and relaxed atmosphere, meeting old friends, and knowing that we had all made the effort to …

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Gavin Dixon – The Arts Desk

www.theartsdesk.com/opera/parsifal-saffron-opera-group-review-drama-and-focus

It is a pleasure to report on the continuing success of the Saffron Opera Wagner project. …

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Jim Pritchard – Seen & Heard International

Some self-plagiarism is good for the soul, so I will remind readers of something I have written before and how …

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Andrew Clements – The Guardian

This concert performance, part of the new opera group’s Ring Cycle, made the lack of any theatrical setting cease to …

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