As the Queen of the Fairies in The Midnight Court with Queen of Puddings Music Theatre:

"Szabó performed the Queen's role with a fine, clear tone and a glassy grace that always had an undercurrent of menace ."

- Globe and Mail, Toronto, June 2005

As Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro with Chicago Opera Theater:

"Its unusual to have a mezzo-soprano Countess, but the many colors in Szabó's dark velvet voice were put to affecting use in the spurned but loving wife's 2 great arias, which few higher-voiced singers have rendered so beautifully"

- Chicago Tribune, May 2005

"Soprano Krisztina Szabó is dazzling as the Countess - and heartbreaking at the start of Act Two, when she grieves her lost happiness..."

- Chicago Reader, May 2005

As Nerone in L'Opéra de Montréal's Agrippina:

"Krisztina Szabó injected a touch of steel into her portrayal of Nerone and handled the melismatic writing particularly well."

- Opera News, March 2005

"Szabó, in the role of the young and petulant Nero, sang with such intelligent proportion that she was a delight throughout."

- Globe and Mail, Toronto, March 2005

As Cleopatra in Sartorio's Giulio Cesare with the Canadian Opera Company:

"Szabó is a confident singer, with a rich sound and the flexibility and range to easily encompass Sartorio's writing. She also has the ability to bring out the shifting emotions of the characters she sings, here growing Cleopatra from a vamp to a very determined protagonist as the opera progressed."

- Opera Now, May/June 2002

"Krisztina Szabó (Cleopatra) returns to give a magnificent performance. Her mezzo voice has grown so rich and clear and her presence so commanding she is vocally and dramatically seductive throughout."

- Stage Door, December 2001

"As so often happens, it was the singers willing to take the biggest chances who fared best. Krisztina Szabó was a powerful Cleopatra, voluptuous of voice and bearing."

- The Globe and Mail, Toronto, December, 2001

As Lola in the Canadian Opera Company's production of Cavalleria Rusticana:

"…Krisztina Szabó impersonated the seductive Lola so convincingly from a visual as well as vocal point of view that one couldn't help wishing her role larger…"

- The Toronto Star, September, 2001

"The strongest musical contributions were from…Krisztina Szabó's luscious Lola…"

- The Globe and Mail, Toronto, September, 2001

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