Verdi's Aida
"Ruby Hinds' performance was the most mesmerizing of the evening. She has great control of the vocal dynamic and a beautiful richness in the contralto range. She played the conniving Amneris with haughty, sultry reserve, allowing the voice to provide the drama." - Nelda Stuck Redlands Daily Facts

Wagner's Tannhauser
"Ruby Hinds' regally voluptuous Venus-made an effective moral and esthetic polarity." - Howard Driver, Opera News

"Ruby Hinds played a graceful and seductive Venus. She handled the role's wide, difficult vocal range effortlessly, sounding just as strong on the very low notes as the very high ones. The pliancy of her voice created a rich tone across the octaves." - Star-Bulletin, Honolulu

Mahler's Second Symphony
"Ruby Hinds sang the muted "Ulricht" with extraordinary suavity and sensitivity."
Martin Bernheimer, Los Angeles Times

Moods and Music Concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
"But mostly they collaborated admirably with mezzo Ruby Hinds, who carried the afternoon. Her great majesty and compelling elegance set the tone for Wolf's Three Orchestral Songs, to which she brought long breathed phrases caressed by rich, darkly gleaming, Wagnerian timbre. And three of Mahler's "Rueckert" Leider - especially "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" - managed to be transporting." - Donna Perlmutter, Los Angeles Times

Bellini's Norma
"Ruby Hinds sang with a natural harmonious blend of style especially striking in her scenes with Norma......and Ruby's powerful mezzo as Adalgisa maintained the dramatic balance between the two women." - Hugh MacDonald, Opera News

Bizet’s Carmen
"The "new" Carmen was Ruby Hinds, whose voice encompasses the dark hues of a contralto to brighter, almost dramatic-like qualities...Unlike the sopranos of recent Metropolitan vintage, Miss Hinds did not sacrifice vocal quality to the drama. It was smoothly integrated in a way that never jarred." - Raoul Abdul, Amsterdam News

Leroy Jenkins/Bill T. Jones The Mother of Three Sons
"The only character who sang onstage was the Mother; Ruby Hinds' finely detailed singing turned her into a potent figure, exceptionally proud and unusually venal....There were moments that stay in mind.....Ms. Hinds's vocal range and sureness." - Edward Rothstein, New York Times