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Stephanie Havey Appointed Director of Oberlin Opera Theater Program
August 23, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss
The award-winning stage director joins Oberlin Conservatory's Voice Division, where she will teach and direct two fully-staged opera productions each academic year.
Fourth Year Soprano Elizabeth Hanje Wins Houston Grand Opera's Eleanor McCollum Competition
February 3, 2024
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
After an exhaustive international search and multi-round competition, Hanje has won first prize and $10,000 at the 36th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers. She is a student of Professor Salvatore Champagne.
Award-winning Stage Director Stephanie Havey Talks Opera
November 3, 2023
Abbi Getty
In this Q&A with Havey, she shares her throughts about the framing of this production of Albert Herring as well as women in leadership roles in the opera world.
Oberlin Opera Theater presents Benjamin Britten’s “Albert Herring” November 2-5
October 23, 2023
Abbi Getty
The Oberlin Opera Theater is back this fall with another social commentary comedy about finding your place in the world. The acclaimed chamber opera will be presented in four performances in Oberlin College’s Hall Auditorium.
Rhiannon Giddens ’00 Wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music
May 12, 2023
Annie Zaleski
Singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer honored for the historical opera Omar.
Field Finds His Pasture
March 3, 2023
Jarrett Hoffman
After 26 years at Oberlin, innovative director Jonathon Field trades higher ed for Mister Ed.
Oberlin Opera Theater Presents "Candide" March 9-12
March 1, 2023
Joshua Reinier
“ Candide is one of Leonard Bernstein's finer works. It’s a piece that transmits both hope and irony, and shows us the remarkable strength of the human spirit. It is a piece that is more of a musical than an opera, and it’s brought to life by our remarkable cast and production staff,” says director Jonathon Field.
Oberlin Opera Theater Presents World Premiere of "Alice Tierney" Jan. 27-29
January 11, 2023
Joshua Reinier
Alice Tierney excavates the stories we tell about the past, and gives students a unique Winter Term opportunity to develop an opera from the ground up, as well as the opportunity to take the show on the road.
Oberlin Opera Theater to Present Offenbach and Rossini Double Bill
November 7, 2022
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
Oberlin Opera Theater will present a double bill of operas not seen on Oberlin stages previously—Offenbach’s operetta Le mariage aux lanternes ("The Wedding by Lantern Light") and Rossini’s burletta L'occasione fa il ladro ("Opportunity Makes a Thief")—in Hall Auditorium November 10-13.
Oberlin Conservatory Joins Consortium Created by the Denyce Graves Foundation
September 28, 2022
Cathy Partlow Strauss ’84
On Friday, September 30, two Oberlin Conservatory vocal performance students will travel to Howard University in Washington, D. C., to participate in the launch of Shared Voices , a new classical...