Reviews

Le nozze di Figaro – Sun 25th February 2024

  • 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.

Der Rosenkavalier – Sun 10th September 2023

  • Jim Pritchard – Seen & Heard International
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    Remarkable singing actors makes Saffron Opera Group’s Rosenkavalier a significant achievement.

    In composing Der Rosenkavalier Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, respectively …

Don Giovanni – Sun 19th February 2023

  • Peter Reed – Opera Magazine
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    Someone at Saffron Opera has got their ear to the ground for mainly young singers, and you may well wonder …

  • Katie Barnes
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    The Saffron Opera Group, currently celebrating its tenth anniversary, began marking the occasion with this concert performance of Don Giovanni …

Tannhäuser – Sun 11th September 2022

  • Irene Richards – Wagner News
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    There can be very few Comprehensive schools in the country that are blessed with a space like Saffron Hall.   Saffron …

  • Peter Reed – Opera Magazine
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    After a two-year Covid-induced hiatus, Saffron Opera was back to their Wagner project with this fine concert performance of Tannhäuser. …

Così fan tutte – Sun 13th February 2022

Tristan und Isolde – Sun 15th September 2019

  • Michael Tanner
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    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
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    It was a day when you had to double-check your diary because it said it was September though it seemed …

Parsifal – Sun 16th September 2018

Götterdämmerung – Sun 17th September 2017

Siegfried – Sun 12th February 2017

Die Walküre – Sun 9th October 2016

Das Rheingold – Sun 17th January 2016

The Rake’s Progress – Sun 13th September 2015

Die Meistersinger – Sun 14th September 2014