“Her tone was gleaming, with excellent agility for the treacherous runs, showing fine musicality, attractive stage presence, not to mention that intangible something called star power”
— Joseph So of Ludwig van Toronto, on Karoline Podolak’s First Prize and Audience Choice Award winning performance at the 2022 Canadian Opera Company Centre Stage Competition
“A soprano with a beautiful and free coloratura”
— Tomasz Pasternak, Ruch Muzyczny (translation)