PRESS
"Tienda" obviously raised questions about immigration, questions that continue to be unresolved in present-day America,,,It movingly evoked all that can't be left behind when a person quits one country for the hope of a better future in another.
-Terry Blain, Minnesota Star Tribune
June 20, 2017 | "Fresh Squeezed Opera Presents Scopes and Prix-Fixe"
[A] fun, frothy satire about an aspiring opera singer who wants so very much to be an opera diva...Caitlin Vincent's witty lyrics had the audience laughing throughout.
-Steven Pisano, Feast of Music
January 20, 2016 | "Better Gods gives operatic life to a little-known chapter in history"
Given the time limit (75 minutes), Vincent did wonders.
Arnold Saltzman, Washington Jewish Week
January 11, 2016 | "Throne Away"
When the libretto indulges in more inventive, character-driven material, the piece comes alive...
Alex Baker, Parterre Box
January 9, 2016 | "Hawaiian monarchy gets an intriguing retelling in Better Gods"
The story of the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy got an intriguing retelling...[with]...a tight, precise libretto by Caitlin Vincent...
Steven Mark, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
January 9, 2016 | "Better Gods at The Washington National Opera"
This fascinating and heart wrenching story of Better Gods is a production worth seeing.
Kendall Mostafavi, DC Metro Theater Arts
December 2013 | "Review: WNO American Opera Initiative"
[A]n outstanding marriage between music and words...The story about sea-battered immigrants being interviewed by a hard-nosed immigration officer at Ellis Island raised goose bumps for this reviewer.
Karren Lalonde Aalender, Scene4 Magazine
November 18, 2013 | "Three new 20-minute operas on American themes"
Uncle Alex happened to be the final opera performed...I have to say it seemed to me a case of saving the best for last.
Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun
November 15, 2013 | "Three Mini-Operas Cast a Spell at Washington National Opera"
[T]he stakes in this opera are immediate and riveting...Ms. Vincent's libretto was a luminous standout...
Susan Dormady Eisenberg, The Huffington Post
November 15, 2013 | "Washington National Opera reveals three new opera shorts"
A nuanced and honest character portrait...
Susan Galbraith, DC Theatre Scene
May 15, 2013 | "Figaro Project gives admirable premiere of Camelot Requiem"
[An] intriguing and largely persuasive piece...reflective and unhurried...
Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun
May 13, 2013 | "The Figaro Project stuns with Camelot Requiem"
Bornfield and Vincent have created something truly special...
Megan Ihnen, The Sybaritic Singer
A humorous and inventive look at the original...a true example of making opera accessible and engaging.
Megan Ihnen, The Sybaritic Singer
Item SubtitleMay 14, 2012 | "The Figaro Project Effing Kills Don Giovanni"
Caitlin Vincent prodigiously crafted an English dialogue that upholds the integrity of Mozart's operatic legacy...snappy, engaging, hysterical, and edifying.
Melissa Wimbish, Operagasm