"Outstanding among the singers were Holly Brown, and baritone Samuel Snowden, irresistible as a comically hapless Masetto" (Seen and Heard International) (2023)

...their duet was superb (Seen and Heard International) (2023)

The trio of singers performing Box, Cox and Bouncer played their parts convincingly and were musically strong. It was good to find that their diction could carry to the rear of the stalls so that none of the extended plot was missed. (Seen and Heard International) (2023)

"Both the main characters and the chorus deserve nothing but praise, yet I would like to highlight three names that made this evening unforgettable: award-winning Samuel Snowden (Figaro, the barber), the Australian Sarah Prestwidge (Susanna, the servant), and the hilarious Morgana Warren- Jones (Marcellina, Figaro’s bride-to-be-then-turned-out-to-be-mother). Their professionalism, facial expressions, theatrical precision, unbelievable vocal ranges, and singing techniques have reminded me why I fell in love with opera in the first place and proved to the spectators that the post-human- like voices of these singers—the result of a lifetime of hard work—are the very reason why this epicurean genre will never be out-of-date." Robert L. Gyorgyi (The Mancunion) (2022)

Samuel Snowden is a Welsh Baritone graduating with Distinction in his Master of Music from the Royal Northern College of Music. In 2024 he was an Opera Holland Park Young Artist, performing the role of Doctor Bartolo in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia as part of their summer festival. Samuel’s other operatic credits include Masetto (Don Giovanni: Mozart - Cumbria Opera Group), Court Usher (Rigoletto: Verdi - Opera Holland Park), Cox (Cox and Box: Sullivan - North West Productions), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro: Mozart – RNCM Opera), Luiz (The Gondoliers: Gilbert and Sullivan – Forbear! Theatre), Mr Gobineau (The Medium: Menotti – RNCM Opera), Sergeant Meryll (The Yeomen of the Guard: Gilbert and Sullivan – Forbear! Theatre), Minskman (Flight: Dove – RNCM Opera), Samuel (Pirates of Penzance: Gilbert and Sullivan – RNCM Opera), Demas (The Pilgrims Progress: Vaughn-Williams – RNCM Opera) and chorus roles in Stravinsky’s Les Noces (Opera Holland Park and English National Ballet), Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin (Opera Holland Park) Massenet’s Cendrillon, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Handel’s Theodora (RNCM Opera) and Bizet’s Carmen (Llangollen Eisteddfod). In 2018 Samuel joined the chorus of Opera North in the UK premier of Kevin Puts Silent Night which was met with critical acclaim.

As a soloist, Samuel regularly performs in venues across Wales and the North West. Recently he has performed Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Bach’s B Minor Mass, Faure’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem and Nielsen’sThird Symphony, Sinfonia Espasiva. Samuel performed at the World Premier of Karl Jenkins’ Adiemus Colores at Llangollen International Eisteddfod.

In 2020, Samuel was awarded the Sir John Manduell Prize by the RNCM, recognising exceptional work undertaken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Samuel raised £1500 for the Unbeatable Eva campaign by singing live on Facebook every night for 150 days with his family and also volunteered with PPE Hwb Wrecsam creating face visors for members of the local community.

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