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)
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.
![Heather Brown Sewing Machine Woman using a sewing machine.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2020/heather_brown_mask_sewing-yvonne.jpg?itok=4UN7rmkw)
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.
![four winners of the 2019-20 Senior Concerto Competition.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/2019-20_concerto_winners.jpg?itok=Ighv0Pvo)
(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.
![cartoon man and woman having a text chat](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/cosi_fan_tutte_graphic.png?itok=tU7P05lX)
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.
![retired voice professor Daune Mahy.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs110885_obmahyscottshawphoto4.jpg?itok=Sie3OSoP)
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)
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.
![an Oberlin Conservatory singer shakes hands with opera legend Marilyn Horne](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs101221_oberlinsopranohornebyscottshawphotography78.jpg?itok=JZoXr_-l)
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_)
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.
![singers rehearse music together](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/photo-gallery-slides/image/screen_shot_2020-10-19_at_1.13.28_pm.png?itok=tp5PgJKg)
A Feast of Foolishness
October 17, 2019
Erich Burnett
Oberlin Opera Theater presents the Britten comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream Nov. 6-10.
![lovers meet in the woods accompanied by fairies and other creatures](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/midsummer_nights_dream_web_graphic_0a.jpg?itok=f6b4hoIl)