LHO IN THE NEWS
“The Unknowable aims to reinvent the opera-ballet first popularized during the Baroque era”
— OperaWire (1.14.2024)
“The production of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos by Lowell House Opera at Harvard provides one of the more entertaining nights of opera I’ve seen in Boston”
— The Boston Musical Intelligencer (4.1.2017)
“In the novel, Molly Bloom only gets to speak in her own words at the very end, but Wenzelberg decided to spin the narrative to tell the story through her eyes.”
— The Harvard Crimson (11.18.2021)
“With a large cast and locales including the Summer Garden and the Winter Canal, “The Queen of Spades” is an ambitious undertaking, but at its opening performance Wednesday, Harvard’s Lowell House Opera showed a winning hand...”
— The Boston Globe (3.27.2015)
““I think contemporary opera needs to speak to contemporary times,” said Wenzelberg. “This is a way for opera to move in that direction through adjustments in music and the design of the art form.”
— Bejamin Wenzelberg, The Harvard Gazette (1.4.2022)
“It’s not everyday that an opera company turns 75. In fact, there is only one such group in New England that can boast such a lengthy continuous run: the Lowell House Opera.”
— The Harvard Crimson (2.20.2013)
“Superior music, cast, and chorus bring Lakme to life”
— The Harvard Crimson (3.31.2014)
“Lowell House Opera Rides Comedy, Acting To Success.”
— The Harvard Crimson (3.29.2011)