Reviews
The Mikado: Re-Imagined - Yum Yum - The Kaye Playhouse
"the lovely Yum-Yum (the pert soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith)." The New York Times (December 30, 2016)
"With a creamy and delicate voice, Sarah Caldwell Smith was the adorable ingénue Yum-Yum" ClassicalSource.com
"Soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith, as Yum-Yum, sent an interpolated high note sailing over the full ensemble at the end of the first act finale, and offered a bel canto rendition of “The sun whose rays are all ablaze,” her lyrical legato aria." QonStage.com
"Sarah Caldwell Smith made a winsome Yum-Yum, his love interest. We enjoyed her aria "The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze". It was a memorable performance, both vocally and dramatically." VocediMeche.com
"Sarah Caldwell Smith put her high soprano to good use as Yum-Yum." Theaterscene.net
"...Sarah Caldwell Smith is wryly humored as his beloved Yum-Yum." BroadwayWorld.com
Patience - Patience - Symphony Space
"Sarah Caldwell Smith was a sweet-voiced, amiably blank Patience." The New York Times (January 5, 2014)
"Sarah Caldwell Smith, in the title role, displayed her striking high lyric soprano in “I cannot tell what this love may be;” “True love must single-hearted be,” her song in the first act finale, where she also showed off high notes that rang out over all; and “Love is a plaintive song.” QonStage.com
"Smith has the looks and voice that make her a natural romantic heroine. She steals the show every time she appears, even while carrying a yolk and two milk pails!" Theaterpizzazz.com
"...lively, enthusiastic, company of excellent singer/actors, with lovely (in looks and voice) Sarah Caldwell Smith in the title role." Totaltheater.com
Mabel - The Pirates of Penzance - Symphony Space
"Sarah Caldwell Smith as Mabel (Frederic’s love interest) has a lustrous soprano that soared over the orchestra." Epoch Times (January 1, 2014)
"Sarah Caldwell Smith sang with a sweet-timbred soprano and amusing trills as Mabel." The New York Times (December 29, 2013)
Yum-Yum - The Mikado - City Center; Nat'l Tour
"The NYGASP cast is superb, particularly Sarah Caldwell Smith and Daniel Greenwood, who bring tremendous appeal to the young lovers Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo...Smith brings a sparkling soprano to the role of Yum-Yum, particularly in her big number 'The Sun, Whose Rays are All Ablaze.'" GreenvilleOnline.com (March 9, 2013)
"As the young lovers, Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo, soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith and tenor Daniel Greenwood make lovely music from their solos, “A Wandering Minstrel” (Greenwood) and “The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze” (Smith) to their duets and trios." TheatreScene.net (January 7 , 2013)
"Sarah Caldwell Smith is a lovely Yum-Yum. Her pretty rendition of The Sun, Whose Rays are All Ablaze near the beginning of Act 2 was the musical highlight of the show." The Columbus Dispatch (June 9, 2012)
Mabel - The Pirates of Penzance - Symphony Space; Wolf Trap Filene Arts Center; Nat'l Tour
"Sarah Caldwell Smith’s voice was the most enjoyable part of the performance. Every high note was perfection, and her comedic trills had the audience laughing uncontrollably..." DC Metro Theater Arts (June 30, 2012)
"All sang well, especially the lovely Sarah Caldwell Smith who has undertaken many roles for the Players. She had secure and ringing top notes and her agile vocalism was engaging. Her florid treatment of Mabel’s ‘Poor wand'ring one’ was sheer magic. " ClassicalSource.com (December 29, 2011)
"Daniel Greenwood was Frederic in this performance, with Sarah Caldwell Smith as Mabel. The blend of these two singers was sure and true, almost like two songbirds weaving their web of romance... Mabel’s E-flat above high C in Act II was clear and bright and thrilling..." QonStage.com (December 29, 2011)
"...Smith's particularly vibrant soprano make something memorable of their assignments..." TheaterScene.net (December 29, 2011)
"Sarah Caldwell Smith flourished in the coloratura regions of the challenging role of Mabel, the most operatic of the daughters. " The Columbus Dispatch (June 11, 2011)
"Sarah Caldwell Smith proved the most charming, lively, and lovely Mabel, highly contemplative and loyal with a floating coloratura voice that would impress the Queen of the Night." Bachtrack.com (April 19, 2011)
Constance - The Sorcerer - Gerald W. Lynch Theater (NYC)
"Sarah Caldwell Smith, Elizabeth Picker, Caitlin Burke and Richard Alan Holmes were admirable in supporting roles." The New York Times (December 3, 2012)
Yum-Yum - The Mikado - Symphony Space
"...Sarah Smith was a superb Yum-Yum." The New York Times (December 30, 2010) Full Review
"Sarah Smith’s Yum-Yum, lithe as a wishbone, is delicacy incarnate..." TheatreScene.net (January 3, 2011)
"Smith is particularly enchanting in her second-act show piece 'The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze.'" BackStage (December 30, 2010)
Princess Nekaya - Utopia Limited - Symphony Space
"Sarah Caldwell Smith, as Nekaya, and Amy Helfer, as Kalyba, charmed as those giggly younger princesses." The New York Times (November 22, 2010) Full Review
Rose Maybud - Ruddigore - New York City Center
“Smith brings a nicely-needed edge to her characterization of Rose.” TheaterMania (January 15, 2010)
“… A uniformly excellent cast … ‘Ruddigore’ has enough charm and drollery to enchant a modern audience.” The New York Times (January 19, 2010)
“Soprano Smith sweetly conveyed Rose's earnest creed, dictated by a book of etiquette, her stern manifesto, in ‘If Somebody There Chanced to Be.’” Qonstage.com
“Sarah Caldwell Smith makes a charming ingénue as his beloved.” BackStage (January 15, 2010)
“Sarah Caldwell Smith explores the soprano stratosphere sweetly as Rose Maybud and makes a virtue of mock-innocence.” Financial Times (January 19, 2010)
“As the heroine Rose Maybud, soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith gives a luscious rendition of her aria, ‘If Someone There Chanced to Be,’ and brings her vivacity to the trio, ‘In Sailing O’er Life’s Ocean Wide…’” TheaterScene.net
Mabel - The Pirates of Penzance - New York City Center
“The production...came to life when Sarah Caldwell Smith took the stage as the ingénue Mabel, possessing charisma and confidence…” AM New York (June 2008)
“…the other side of the coin, soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith, is a dazzling ingénue, Mabel.” Recorder Newspapers (April 29, 2010)
“Sarah Caldwell Smith as Mabel has a voice that soars.” Independent Press (March 30, 2010)
Papagena - The Magic Flute - Brevard Music Center (Janiec Opera Company)
“[The] stuttering, palpitating duet with Papagena in their nest ("Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena!") brought the evening's loudest laughs.” Classical Voice of North Carolina (July 3, 2008)
"the lovely Yum-Yum (the pert soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith)." The New York Times (December 30, 2016)
"With a creamy and delicate voice, Sarah Caldwell Smith was the adorable ingénue Yum-Yum" ClassicalSource.com
"Soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith, as Yum-Yum, sent an interpolated high note sailing over the full ensemble at the end of the first act finale, and offered a bel canto rendition of “The sun whose rays are all ablaze,” her lyrical legato aria." QonStage.com
"Sarah Caldwell Smith made a winsome Yum-Yum, his love interest. We enjoyed her aria "The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze". It was a memorable performance, both vocally and dramatically." VocediMeche.com
"Sarah Caldwell Smith put her high soprano to good use as Yum-Yum." Theaterscene.net
"...Sarah Caldwell Smith is wryly humored as his beloved Yum-Yum." BroadwayWorld.com
Patience - Patience - Symphony Space
"Sarah Caldwell Smith was a sweet-voiced, amiably blank Patience." The New York Times (January 5, 2014)
"Sarah Caldwell Smith, in the title role, displayed her striking high lyric soprano in “I cannot tell what this love may be;” “True love must single-hearted be,” her song in the first act finale, where she also showed off high notes that rang out over all; and “Love is a plaintive song.” QonStage.com
"Smith has the looks and voice that make her a natural romantic heroine. She steals the show every time she appears, even while carrying a yolk and two milk pails!" Theaterpizzazz.com
"...lively, enthusiastic, company of excellent singer/actors, with lovely (in looks and voice) Sarah Caldwell Smith in the title role." Totaltheater.com
Mabel - The Pirates of Penzance - Symphony Space
"Sarah Caldwell Smith as Mabel (Frederic’s love interest) has a lustrous soprano that soared over the orchestra." Epoch Times (January 1, 2014)
"Sarah Caldwell Smith sang with a sweet-timbred soprano and amusing trills as Mabel." The New York Times (December 29, 2013)
Yum-Yum - The Mikado - City Center; Nat'l Tour
"The NYGASP cast is superb, particularly Sarah Caldwell Smith and Daniel Greenwood, who bring tremendous appeal to the young lovers Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo...Smith brings a sparkling soprano to the role of Yum-Yum, particularly in her big number 'The Sun, Whose Rays are All Ablaze.'" GreenvilleOnline.com (March 9, 2013)
"As the young lovers, Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo, soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith and tenor Daniel Greenwood make lovely music from their solos, “A Wandering Minstrel” (Greenwood) and “The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze” (Smith) to their duets and trios." TheatreScene.net (January 7 , 2013)
"Sarah Caldwell Smith is a lovely Yum-Yum. Her pretty rendition of The Sun, Whose Rays are All Ablaze near the beginning of Act 2 was the musical highlight of the show." The Columbus Dispatch (June 9, 2012)
Mabel - The Pirates of Penzance - Symphony Space; Wolf Trap Filene Arts Center; Nat'l Tour
"Sarah Caldwell Smith’s voice was the most enjoyable part of the performance. Every high note was perfection, and her comedic trills had the audience laughing uncontrollably..." DC Metro Theater Arts (June 30, 2012)
"All sang well, especially the lovely Sarah Caldwell Smith who has undertaken many roles for the Players. She had secure and ringing top notes and her agile vocalism was engaging. Her florid treatment of Mabel’s ‘Poor wand'ring one’ was sheer magic. " ClassicalSource.com (December 29, 2011)
"Daniel Greenwood was Frederic in this performance, with Sarah Caldwell Smith as Mabel. The blend of these two singers was sure and true, almost like two songbirds weaving their web of romance... Mabel’s E-flat above high C in Act II was clear and bright and thrilling..." QonStage.com (December 29, 2011)
"...Smith's particularly vibrant soprano make something memorable of their assignments..." TheaterScene.net (December 29, 2011)
"Sarah Caldwell Smith flourished in the coloratura regions of the challenging role of Mabel, the most operatic of the daughters. " The Columbus Dispatch (June 11, 2011)
"Sarah Caldwell Smith proved the most charming, lively, and lovely Mabel, highly contemplative and loyal with a floating coloratura voice that would impress the Queen of the Night." Bachtrack.com (April 19, 2011)
Constance - The Sorcerer - Gerald W. Lynch Theater (NYC)
"Sarah Caldwell Smith, Elizabeth Picker, Caitlin Burke and Richard Alan Holmes were admirable in supporting roles." The New York Times (December 3, 2012)
Yum-Yum - The Mikado - Symphony Space
"...Sarah Smith was a superb Yum-Yum." The New York Times (December 30, 2010) Full Review
"Sarah Smith’s Yum-Yum, lithe as a wishbone, is delicacy incarnate..." TheatreScene.net (January 3, 2011)
"Smith is particularly enchanting in her second-act show piece 'The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze.'" BackStage (December 30, 2010)
Princess Nekaya - Utopia Limited - Symphony Space
"Sarah Caldwell Smith, as Nekaya, and Amy Helfer, as Kalyba, charmed as those giggly younger princesses." The New York Times (November 22, 2010) Full Review
Rose Maybud - Ruddigore - New York City Center
“Smith brings a nicely-needed edge to her characterization of Rose.” TheaterMania (January 15, 2010)
“… A uniformly excellent cast … ‘Ruddigore’ has enough charm and drollery to enchant a modern audience.” The New York Times (January 19, 2010)
“Soprano Smith sweetly conveyed Rose's earnest creed, dictated by a book of etiquette, her stern manifesto, in ‘If Somebody There Chanced to Be.’” Qonstage.com
“Sarah Caldwell Smith makes a charming ingénue as his beloved.” BackStage (January 15, 2010)
“Sarah Caldwell Smith explores the soprano stratosphere sweetly as Rose Maybud and makes a virtue of mock-innocence.” Financial Times (January 19, 2010)
“As the heroine Rose Maybud, soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith gives a luscious rendition of her aria, ‘If Someone There Chanced to Be,’ and brings her vivacity to the trio, ‘In Sailing O’er Life’s Ocean Wide…’” TheaterScene.net
Mabel - The Pirates of Penzance - New York City Center
“The production...came to life when Sarah Caldwell Smith took the stage as the ingénue Mabel, possessing charisma and confidence…” AM New York (June 2008)
“…the other side of the coin, soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith, is a dazzling ingénue, Mabel.” Recorder Newspapers (April 29, 2010)
“Sarah Caldwell Smith as Mabel has a voice that soars.” Independent Press (March 30, 2010)
Papagena - The Magic Flute - Brevard Music Center (Janiec Opera Company)
“[The] stuttering, palpitating duet with Papagena in their nest ("Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena!") brought the evening's loudest laughs.” Classical Voice of North Carolina (July 3, 2008)
