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This Week in Photos: The Soundtrack of Fall
November 27, 2020
Yvonne Gay
A guitar ensemble performance in Kulas Recital Hall featured Suvan Agarwal '23, Aidan Wiley '20, and Craig Slagh '21. The passion demonstrated in their live streamed performance was captured in photos and chosen to be among the images included in this week’s photo series.
Two Phones and One Big Experiment
October 15, 2020
Erich Burnett
Oberlin Opera Theater breaks through the COVID wall with an unlikely pairing of comedy and drama.
Backstage Magic
May 26, 2020
Charlotte Maskelony '21
Oberlin productions—and the students who mount them—dispel the myth that opera is just for conservatory musicians.
Eyeing Her Finnish Line
May 22, 2020
Erich Burnett
Soprano Maggie Kinabrew ’20 bolsters ties to her ancestral music through a Fulbright opportunity in Helsinki.
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.
(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.
Master a Beast in 4 Short Weeks
January 31, 2020
Charlotte Maskelony '21
Students devote winter term to mounting an opera premiere.
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.
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.
