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)