OPERA WORKSHOP
Performance of scenes from standard operas, including singing, accompanying, and dramatic action; instruction in voice projection, posture, and gesture; problems of staging, lighting, costuming, and scenery. Contact School of Music for audition information.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Efficiently learn operatic and musical theater material in English and other languages Audience: Undergraduate 2. Synthesize singing, language, musicality, style, and acting values to effectively perform an excerpt from an operatic or musical theater role Audience: Undergraduate 3. Exhibit performance stagecraft skills including those particular to opera and musical theater Audience: Undergraduate 4. Fluidly work back and forth between foreign language texts and their English translations, arriving at a sense of “owning the text” Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply character-specific research to role preparation Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Efficiently learn operatic and musical theater material in English and other languages Audience: Undergraduate 2. Synthesize singing, language, musicality, style, and acting values to effectively perform an excerpt from an operatic or musical theater role Audience: Undergraduate 3. Exhibit performance stagecraft skills including those particular to opera and musical theater Audience: Undergraduate 4. Fluidly work back and forth between foreign language texts and their English translations, arriving at a sense of “owning the text” Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply character-specific research to role preparation Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027