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)
“The dining hall metamorphosis is one of many details that students manage in order to put on conservatory-level performances”
— Harvard Gazette (4.27.2017)
“Senior Arianna Paz’s Despina gave nonstop pleasure. Her warmth of timber and accomplishments as a comedienne placed her in select company. Freshman Henrique Neves brought a seamless, sumptuous and long-phrased baritone to the role of Guglielmo, surprisingly polished for such a young man.”
— The Boston Musical Intelligencer (4.21.2019)
“The set, which is partly a columned courtyard and partly Trofonio’s rocky lair, is ingeniously divided by Mark Buchanan’s lighting, and it is impressively multidimensional for having been constructed within a dining hall.”
— The Harvard Crimson (4.03.2016)
“A critic for the website Bachtrack assessed the work as a “brisk and vibrant comedy” and as “a hidden masterpiece.”
— The Boston Globe (2.25.2016)
“With a lively, innovative production such as this, the Lowell House Opera seems destined to continue forging its own legacy, begun in the memorable year of 1938, well into the future”
— Harvard Gazette (4.27.2017)
“I love that it brings together students, professional singers, and diverse community members in a space that can otherwise seem insular or exclusive. Finally, it is inspiring to be continuing the Lowell House Opera tradition of staging full-scale operas in an intimate performance space.”
— The Boston Musical Intelligencer (4.21.2019)
“It is rare to find a perfect production, and indeed many would argue that there is no such thing. Whatever the case, Lowell House Opera’s “Queen of Spades” came very close.”
— The Harvard Crimson (4.03.2016)
“Most importantly, the show was carried by excellent music making.”
— The Boston Musical Intelligencer (4.21.2019)
““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)