THE HUNT is a New York Times Critic’s Pick – PHOTOS and REVIEWS
Production photos by Rob Davidson for Miller Theater.
The New York Times
“‘The Hunt’ Playfully Makes the Medieval Contemporary”
by Joshua Barone
10/13/2023
“Kate Soper’s latest stage work is “a darkly funny fairy tale…Think ‘Waiting for Godot,’ but with the female rebelliousness of a Sofia Coppola film.”
“Each performer charts this journey with charisma and persuasiveness…Christiana Cole, as Briar, springs around the stage, often plucking the ukulele, with irrepressible energy and, in the end, more optimism than the other maidens.”
The Wall Street Journal
“‘The Hunt’ and ‘Sin-Eater’ Reviews: New Songs of Old Worlds”
by Heidi Waleson
10/17/2023
“Ms. Soper has a wonderful feel for layering women’s voices” and the trios “with their arresting harmonies” also “shine individually in solos—Ms. Umlauf’s coloratura; Mx. Cole’s darker, more vibrato-tinged sound; Ms. Amamiya’s sensual line…”
Classical Voice North America
“Three Virgins Walk Into A Bar…Er, Throne Room, In Opera With A Unicorn”
by Susan Brodie
10/16/2023
A “fresh and witty new chamber opera…Soper’s score and libretto function on several levels, offering pleasures for the eye and ear and ample food for thought.”
Christiana Cole (Briar), for whom opera studies led to performances of new music and musical theater, showed the greatest character development as the story progressed. [Their] mellow love entr’acte would have melted the hardest heart, and [their] ukulele accompaniment anchored much of the score.
Christiana Cole 