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• Professor of Music (Opera Studies), Jacobs School of Music

Education:

• B.A. , Indiana University, 1943

Background:

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Robert O'Hearn earned his bachelor's degree from Indiana University in 1943. He has been a scenic and costume designer for the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna Staatsoper, Vienna Volksoper, Hamburg Staatsoper, New York City Opera, Greater Miami Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and Ballet West. He served as professor for the Studio and Forum of Stage Design in New York from 1968 to 1988. O'Hearn has also given guest lectures and classes at Carnegie Mellon, Brandeis, and Penn State University