Parsifal, Wagner: Saffron Opera Group
More wonderful Wagner in Saffron Walden! Fresh from delivering their successful Ring Cycle over the last two years, Saffron Opera Group’s first production of Parsifal will feature their characteristic mixture…
Enthralling brain and ear alike: Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, Saffron Opera Group
Saffron Opera Group’s Ring Cycle finally culminated in a direct, satisfyingly shattering Götterdämmerung, in which we felt the world change as the story left the gods behind, and brought the…
Heartfelt heroics: a triumphant Siegfried from Saffron Opera Group
Since their affecting Das Rheingold and resplendent Die Walküre in 2016, the Saffron Opera Group’s Ring Cycle has become something of a talking point in Wagnerian circles. Using a local orchestra, but attracting…
A Ring to keep you thinking: Wagner’s Die Walküre, Saffron Opera Group
Usually, a Ring Cycle hits you as a sudden burst of musical and philosophical intensity, its four huge evenings sprawling across one week. In practical terms, your own life ends…
Delighting the mind’s eye: Saffron Opera Group’s Das Rheingold
A concert performance can be almost a contradiction in terms for opera: music built to hold a powerful narrative, rich with visual effect and dramatic energy, suddenly finds itself all…