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Cast members note that despite its seeming antiquity, Don Giovanni is remarkably enjoyable to modern audiences, even those not familiar with opera. “I think this opera is very accessible because it is funny, because the characters are entertaining, because there are aspects of sex and violence and all those kinds of things,” says Peritz...
Recently returning from the Philadelphia’s Enchantment Theatre Company’s The Snow Queen national tour, Cozzens brings experience to the LHO Harvard stage despite being a relative newcomer to opera. However, Cozzens has quickly warmed up to his new non-touring environment, and praises the openness inherent to opera...
...love the fact that opera is so much more, essentially, theatrical than theater because [opera performers] are performing, they are singing,” he says. “They are not trying to replicate real life or pretend to the audience that they are real people...
...young professional who’s just starting out in an opera career, [this LHO production] is really a tremendous opportunity for me to learn new roles that I hope to be singing for the rest of my career and to learn them in a low-pressure environment,” says Pierce...
Although there may no longer be many singers, directors, and producers to come out of Lowell anymore, the Lowell spirit has not been lost in Don Giovanni. “Together with Dunster [House Opera], I think we do a lot to continue that spirit of house theatrical tradition that could have been lost,” Salzmann says...