UNIVERSITY OPERA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop skills with which to efficiently learn and rehearse operatic and musical theater material. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Synthesize singing, language, musicality, style, and acting values to effectively perform material from the operatic and musical theater repertoire. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop stagecraft skills in general as well as those particular to opera and musical theater. Audience: Graduate 4. Cultivate a sense of ensemble within both in-person and virtual performance situations. Audience: Graduate 5. Expand the scope of historical and cultural research involved in advanced role preparation. Audience: Graduate 6. Develop oral and written skills used to express dramaturgical and interpretive concepts in opera and musical theater. Audience: Graduate 7. Integrate other areas of music and voice study (music history, music theory, period vocal style) into stage work. Audience: Graduate 8. Explore the symbiotic relationship between acting and singing in operatic and musical theater performance. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop skills with which to efficiently learn and rehearse operatic and musical theater material. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Synthesize singing, language, musicality, style, and acting values to effectively perform material from the operatic and musical theater repertoire. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop stagecraft skills in general as well as those particular to opera and musical theater. Audience: Graduate 4. Cultivate a sense of ensemble within both in-person and virtual performance situations. Audience: Graduate 5. Expand the scope of historical and cultural research involved in advanced role preparation. Audience: Graduate 6. Develop oral and written skills used to express dramaturgical and interpretive concepts in opera and musical theater. Audience: Graduate 7. Integrate other areas of music and voice study (music history, music theory, period vocal style) into stage work. Audience: Graduate 8. Explore the symbiotic relationship between acting and singing in operatic and musical theater performance. Audience: Graduate