News
Composer, Librettist Selected to Develop New Opera at Oberlin
April 29, 2020
Erich Burnett
Alice Tierney will be workshopped with students, premiered on campus in 2023.
Oberlin Costume Shop Produces Face Masks
April 20, 2020
Amanda Nagy
The COVID-19 quarantine put theater and opera theater on hold, but Costume Shop Manager Heather Brown has kept her sewing machine running.
2019-20 Concerto Competition Winners to Return for Fall Performances
April 9, 2020
Erich Burnett
Scheduled spring appearances canceled amid Oberlin’s transition to remote learning.
(UPDATED) Oberlin Opera Theater Presents Mozart’s "Così fan tutte" March 11-15
February 28, 2020
Erich Burnett
Conservatory singers and Oberlin Orchestra bring comic tale of deceitful romance to life in four performances.
New Endowed Scholarship for Voice Students Established
February 21, 2020
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Retired Professor Daune Mahy makes gift in support of Oberlin Conservatory students.
Rachel J. Peters’ “Wild Beast” Premieres at Oberlin Jan. 29-Feb. 2
January 20, 2020
Erich Burnett
Darkly witty opera is the first created through the Oberlin Opera Commissioning Program.
Opera Legend Marilyn Horne Leads Annual Oberlin Master Class Dec. 4
November 22, 2019
Erich Burnett
Four conservatory singers to perform for the famed mezzo-soprano in Finney Chapel.
In With the New
October 22, 2019
Erich Burnett
The Oberlin Opera Commissioning Program brings freshly written works to life on campus.
Beast in the Workshop
October 18, 2019
Charlotte Maskelony '21
Voice students collaborate with a new opera's creators in advance of a Winter Term premiere.
A Feast of Foolishness
October 17, 2019
Erich Burnett
Oberlin Opera Theater presents the Britten comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream Nov. 6-10.
