Le nozze di Figaro, Seattle Opera

The part of Susanna was played by Cuban-American soprano Elizabeth Caballero, who is making her company debut with these performances. She was marvelous. She has a very rich and beautiful voice, she is quite lovely, and her acting was superb. She and Nicolas Cavallier, who played Figaro, had a lot of stage chemistry and were funny and convincing. She was a joy to watch and listen to — I was captivated by her.

Seattle Examiner – 5/15/2009

Le nozze di Figaro, Florida Grand Opera

Not less expressive was Caballero, who not only has polished her instrument with an extraordinary richness that allows her to sing Mozart and Ziemlinsky, but she has also developed her histrionic skills. Her Countess has not yet forgotten the range and the years of her past as a mischievous Rosina, who can be a “viper” but most of all a woman in love. Her Dove sono was impeccable and without a doubt the best moment of the night. She rocked the house.”

El Nuevo Herald – 3/29/2009

La Traviata, Opera New Jersey

Elizabeth Caballero made an excellent heroine, with a big, rangy, darkly glowing lyric-coloratura instrument capable of precise fioriture and crystalline high D-flats. Not a TV-star-style wraith in today’s already tiresome marketing-driven mode, Caballero made a handsome figure onstage, commanding and vulnerable by turns and at all times believably the erotic center of this hothouse world. Alert to text, she aced many tough passages: both “Dite alla giovine” and “Amami, Alfredo” were very moving, and others should gather more interiority as this portrayal grows. In sheerly vocal terms, Caballero’s performance already compares quite favorably with today’s most heavily promoted Violettas.

Opera News 10/2008

Elizabeth Caballero, made the audience wait at length for her to stop swigging champagne before launching into Verdi’s famous “Sempre Librera” aria. But she was worth the wait. You don’t realize how much you’re used to iffy pitch in this aria until it’s largely absent, as it was here. Her midweight lyric soprano managed all three acts with equal adeptness.

The Philadelphia Inquirer – 7/15/08

La Boheme, Florida Grand Opera

…Elizabeth Caballero, as a touching, resplendently sung Mimi, provided the finest vocalism and fleeting bright moments…has clearly grown into a major talent…makes a pretty and touching seamstress, consistently graceful and credible in her stage movements. She also possesses a glorious soprano voice, gleaming, flexible and evenly produced throughout her range.

The Miami Herald – 4/13/08

L’elisir d’amore, San Antonio Opera

The undisputed star of the night was Caballero as Adina. She dominated the stage when she stepped on it, making it easy to understand how she had bewitched her suitors. Her voice…was fluid, round on the high notes and sparkling throughout the register.

San Antonio Express- 1/2008

Don Giovanni, Florentine Opera

Elizabeth Caballero was terrific as Elvira, delivering a poignantly underlined comedic interpretation and pinpoint-precise coloratura.

Opera News Online – 2/2007

La Boheme, New York City Opera

Elizabeth Caballero presented a Musetta who was temperamental but not overdone, with a voice you want to hear more of.

The New York Times – 9/11/06

For this performance, we were blessed with such a performer, the Cuban soprano Elizabeth Caballero. I wasn’t at all surprised that she was so expert, as she dazzled last season… Here she was wonderful…her ever-evolving phrasing making the most of her star turn. When she then dumps that bottle over the head of the smitten Marcello, her voice changes, if only for a moment, to that of the heartless temptress. Lord Harewood once remarked that the genius of “Bohème” is that it laughs while it weeps. This savvy lady caught exactly that poignant mood.”

The New York Sun – 9/18/06

As Musetta, the Cuban-born soprano Elizabeth Caballero provided the evening’s most show-stopping performance with her second-act “Quando men vo,” offering a thrilling balance of pearly tone, exacting technique and brazen physicality.

The New York Times – 9/11/06

Elizabeth Caballero sings Beethoven’s Ah! Perfido with Orchestra Miami

In March, Elizabeth gave an exciting performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s concert aria for Soprano Ah! Perfido with Orchestra Miami under the baton of Maestro Elaine Rinaldi.  The performance of the aria was part of a program titled ‘Beethoven on the Beach’ which also included Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and his Coriolan Overture.  Elizabeth previously performed this demanding aria, accompanied by Maestro Rinaldi, in a very successful recital she gave in Miami in June of 2010.   To watch Elizabeth’s performance of the aria, click here.  Elizabeth’s 2010 recital with Elaine Rinaldi is also available on iTunes.  Click here to purchase.