Rigoletto
"Through this charged environment limps Todd Thomas' Rigoletto, seething with resentment. The ill will roiling within the jester doesn't appear to spring from his deformity – we don't feel the weight of that hump on his back – but from his mind, from somewhere just behind the brow that looks perpetually creased and the pinched gaze below it..."
- The Austin Chronicle by Robert Faires. February 6, 2009

"In the title role, Philadelphia-based baritone Todd Thomas sings with such finesse and acts with such depth that it is impossible to conceive of a more perfect portrayal of the complex, ill-fated character. He simply is Rigoletto. His is a poignant performance to remember."
- Des Moines Register Robert C. Fuller. July 2003

"...Todd Thomas's refulgently vocalized assumption of the jester, particularly nuanced in the poignant father-daughter duets of Act II, certainly sounded authentic."
- Opera News

Tosca
"Todd Thomas illuminated Scarpia’s depravity with chilling menace. He toyed with Tosca with cruel deliberation, although vocally he occasionally seemed underpowered next to Ms. Shafajinskaia, who was despairing and rebellious under her torturer’s machinations."
- The New York Times

“It also helped that Scarpia was sung by Todd Thomas in a vocally assured and dramatically charged performance, full of all the smugness and lustful rapacity that the role demands.”
- The New York Times

"Todd Thomas's Baron Scarpia was more than pure evil; he was a conflicted human being, drawn not by lust but rather his own perverse sense of romantic, obsessive love…Mr. Thomas may love dogs and children offstage, but there was little sense of his softer side in this performance. He was Iago dressed as a 1930s blackshirt.”
- The New York Sun

“Todd Thomas, who excelled in last year's "MacBeth," cast a shadow on the role of Scarpia, flooding the house with his rich baritone. One of the more theatrical moments came at the end of Act I, when Thomas sang a primal credo against a chorus in the church behind him. Puccini fans like to point out that film director Francis Ford Coppola borrowed this technique when he juxtaposed acts of violence with a church service in The Godfather.”
- Tampa Tribune

"Baritone Todd Thomas, who is becoming something of a fixture with the company, sang a powerfully menacing Scarpia. He is a skilled actor and clearly enjoyed playing the villain. His TE DEUM was strongly delivered and easily dominated the powerful scene.”
- L’Opera (Milan)

“Todd Thomas was Scarpia to a T.”
- American Record Guide

“Todd Thomas as a wonderfully menacing Scarpia.”
- Asbury Park Press

“…the company regular made a wonderfully evil and saturnine Scarpia. Delivering an imposing Te Deum, his lustful and malevolent police chief possessed the same dramatic force as his two young costars, and the ratcheting up of tension in Act 2 by DeRenzi and the singers was nerve-wracking in its cumulative power.”
- Sun-Sentinel

"Vocally, the evening was dominated by the powerful baritone voice of opera veteran Todd Thomas, well known to Sarasota audiences for his compelling performances in productions of Tosca and Macbeth, among others.
His delivery of the iconic aria to the Evening Star from Wagner's Tannhauser was riveting, as was his portrayal of the enraged Rigoletto as he denounces those who have corrupted his beloved daughter.
In an extended scene from another Verdi masterpiece, 'Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball),' Thomas…displayed both vocal splendor and highly musical consideration of those singing with him."
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune