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.
![composer and librettist from an upcoming Oberlin opera.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/melissa_and_jackie_copy_0.jpg?itok=RVkanpdm)
Master a Beast in 4 Short Weeks
January 31, 2020
Charlotte Maskelony '21
Students devote winter term to mounting an opera premiere.
![a prairie dog family and a young girl onstage](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/wildbeastofthebungalow1_by_yevhen_gulenko_copy_1.jpg?itok=KRF5p5Q_)
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.
![a shadowy girl walks between three prairie dogs and a mermaid in a jar](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/the_wild_beast_of_the_bungalow-3-1.jpg?itok=YcpbTn5M)
In With the New
October 22, 2019
Erich Burnett
The Oberlin Opera Commissioning Program brings freshly written works to life on campus.
![Composer Rachel J. Peters with 7 members of the workshop cast and crew of her opera The Wild Beast of the Bungalow.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/photo-gallery-slides/image/rachel_j._peters_workshop_sep_2019.jpg?itok=D40kaqQ_)