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| LAMB OF GOD The Ensemble Theatre. "The Ensemble reaps considerable laurels for writer John Summons, the very talented actor Michael Smith and director Hayes Gordon. This almost judicious blending of youth (Summons, Smith) and maturity (Gordon) offers Sydneysiders one of the best locally written-acted-directed pieces of theatre for 1978"' Anthony Barclay: THEATRE AUSTRALIA Oct 1978 |
| "Passionate and heart felt, bubbling over with vivid poetic imagery, it is a youthful play which becomes occasionally unruly, occasionally repetitious. It matters little. Sensitive direction from Hayes Gordon and a breathtakingly sustained performance from Michael Smith in the leading role gives little chance for either the heart of attention to wander." Brian Hoad: THE BULLETIN 29/8/78 |
| FIDDLER ON THE ROOF The Australian Opera. "It is true that some of the best performances in Fiddler are contributed by non-AO performers: Hayes Gordon pre-eminently, but also such non specialized actor-singers as Michael Smith, who's young and greatly daring tailor is one of the most appealing portraits in the production." Roger Covell: THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 18/6/84 |
| THE MIKADO The Australian Opera "Michael Smith" brings an engaging stage presence, exciting vitality, polished theatricality and a kind of physical plasticity that I've never seen on an Australian operatic stage before...it's a star performance." Jill Sykes: THE SUN HERALD 30/6/84 |
| THE MIKADO LA OPERA "Michael Smith a new tenor from Australia makes a delicious wimp of a Nanki Poo." Alan Rich: LOS ANGELES HERALD EXAMINER 13/3/88 |
| ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD LA OPERA "With the arrival of Michael Smith in Act 2, the intensity level shot up more than a few notches. Smith's performance alone is worth the price of a ticket." (USA) VARIETY 16/06/89 |
| "The glorious moment of Michael Smith's Act2 entrance as Mercury, done up in silver and truly mercurial contained the concentrated energy, dash and immense good humor that the show otherwise lacked. I would suggest to management in fact that Smith and his all-but-airborne performance be preserved and inserted into all operas from now on, whenever affairs on stage seem without hope." Alan Rich: LOS ANGELES HERALD EXAMINER 27/06/89 |
| THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER Chamber Made Opera "The Best Production I saw in Australia...a gothic masterpiece in Melbourne...Michael Smith as Roderick Usher in Philip Glass's The Fall of the House of Usher." Michael Billington: THE GUARDIAN (London) 1990 |
| LA CENERENTOLA Opera ACT "He can sing, act, be understood in the back row and dance all at once. Brisbane has a delight in store when he sings Almaviva in the Barber next year." Humphrey McQueen: ABC RADIO 24 HOURS 1991 |
| THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Lyric Opera of Queensland "Michael Smith's Almaviva was beautifully sung; some soft passages in particular being exquisite tenor art. Perhaps his previous stage and musical comedy work accounts for his breathtaking fluidity of movement." Val Vallis: THE AUSTRALIAN 4/5/92 |
| MEDEA Chamber Made Opera "Michael Smith's beautiful singing as Jason lifts his role to challenge Medea's emotional impact, though his part is almost peripheral." Dan Thomson: HERALD SUN 3/5/93 |
| PERICOLE The Australian Opera "The Australian Opera's production of Offenbach's La Perichole (retitled Pericole) sprang to splendid life three weeks after it's debut when Michael Smith took over the leading male role of Piquillo...Not surprisingly, Smith's entry into the cast of this Perichole evoked an astonishing transformation in the whole production." David Gyger: OPERA AUSTRALIA 1993 |
| IPHIS Sydney Music Theatre "Smith is in that select category of outstanding male performers tenanted by Anthony Warlow and Lyndon Terracini..." David Gyger: OPERA OPERA 1998 |
| "Michael Smith once again demonstrates his marvellous ability to sing intelligently and intelligibly while building a credible character.' Gordon Kerry: THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 03/12/97 |
| TRIAL BY JURY Festival of Sydney "A particular treasure was the Defendant of Michael Smith - possibly the plum role in Trial By Jury...Smith's thoroughly pleasing tenor is the ideal instrument for such a role, and his consistently beguiling stage presence and thoroughly accomplished acting skills enable him to exploit their every histrionic nuance to perfection." David Gyger: OPERA OPERA Feb 1998 |
| JOLSON "Michael C. Smith as Frankie Holmes, the gangly "shy" dresser who can't wait to kick up a storm - one of the funniest and warmest moments as he teams with Guest for The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life." Bryce Hallett: THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 15/02/00 |
| "The whole cast is dandy but Michael C. Smith is a wow as Jollie's dresser Frankie who steals the show at the end." Marie Klajn: THE SUNDAY MAIL 12/12/00 |
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