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Visiting Faculty Vacancy in Opera Theater
Oberlin College
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Posted: 13-Jun-25
Location: Oberlin, Ohio
Internal Number: 16538
Job Summary:
The Oberlin Conservatory invites applications for a full-time, visiting position in Opera Theater during the 2025-26 academic year.
The faculty vacancy will be for the entire 2025-26 academic year. We envision either appointing the successful candidate for the entirety of the 2025-26 academic year, or making separate appointments for each of Fall 2025 and Spring 2026.
Responsibilities:
Direct mainstage operas (L'amant anonyme by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges in the fall and Later the Same Evening and Bastianello by John Musto in the spring);
Teach opera workshop classes, in collaboration with a music director/pianist, and other opera courses as expertise and interest allow;
Oversee the opera budget, in collaboration with the conservatory business manager and the conservatory dean;
Coordinate the design process and all production personnel for mainstage operas, in collaboration with the theater department.
Required qualifications:
Outstanding record of professional experience as an opera director;
Advanced degree in opera theater, theater, or equivalent experience;
Experience as a lyric theater director or equivalent performance experience; musical and linguistic expertise;
Practical knowledge of theater technology;
Experience teaching acting and/or movement to singers;
Demonstrated success in working effectively and collaboratively with faculty, staff and students.
Compensation:
Within the range established for this position, salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Special instructions to applicant:
Review of applications will begin immediatelyand continue until the position is filled.
Oberlin College & Conservatory is a four-year, highly selective liberal arts college that combines a top-ranked college of arts and sciences with a world-renowned conservatory of music. Combined, the two divisions enroll approximately 2,900 students. Founded in 1833, Oberlin College & Conservatory was the first college in America to make interracial education and coeducation central to its mission-traditions that live today within a commitment to positive social engagement. Located 35 miles southwest of Cleveland, OH, Oberlin College & Conservatory has earned a reputation of excellence based on the quality of its richly diverse student body, outstanding faculty, excellent facilities, and academic and technological resources. Learn more at http://new.oberlin.edu/about