The New York Times Reviews "The Hunt" by Kate Soper

"'The Hunt’ Playfully Makes the Medieval Contemporary"

In his review of Kate Soper's new chamber opera The Hunt, which was commissioned by Miller Theatre and had its world premiere on October 12 & 14, The New York Times critic Joshua Barone writes that the composer’s latest stage work is "a darkly funny fairy tale." The three performers self-accompanying on a violin and ukulele — Brett Umlauf, Christiana Cole, and Hirona Amamiya — chart the journey of The Hunt "with charisma and persuasiveness."

In comparison to some of Soper's earlier works, Barone notes that The Hunt is "plot-driven and focused," "unambiguously political," "more conventional — and more easily enjoyable..." In the end, The Hunt "adds up to something that few would qualify as absolutely an opera or a musical, or even a play with music — but, in classic Soper fashion, none of them and all of them at once."