OPERA WORKSHOP

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Consent of instructor 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 operatic and musical theater material in various languages. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Synthesize singing, language, musicality, style, and acting values to effectively perform an excerpt from an operatic or musical theater role. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop stagecraft skills in general as well as those particular to opera and musical theater. Audience: Graduate 4. Fluidly work back and forth between non-English language texts and their English translations, arriving at a sense of "owning the text". Audience: Graduate 5. Integrate historical and cultural research into role preparation. Audience: Graduate 6. Apply character-specific research to role preparation. Audience: Graduate 7. Integrate other areas of music and voice study (music history, music theory, period vocal style) into role preparation. Audience: Graduate 8. Describe symbiotic relationship between acting and singing in operatic and musical theater performance. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop skills with which to efficiently learn operatic and musical theater material in various languages. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Synthesize singing, language, musicality, style, and acting values to effectively perform an excerpt from an operatic or musical theater role. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop stagecraft skills in general as well as those particular to opera and musical theater. Audience: Graduate 4. Fluidly work back and forth between non-English language texts and their English translations, arriving at a sense of "owning the text". Audience: Graduate 5. Integrate historical and cultural research into role preparation. Audience: Graduate 6. Apply character-specific research to role preparation. Audience: Graduate 7. Integrate other areas of music and voice study (music history, music theory, period vocal style) into role preparation. Audience: Graduate 8. Describe symbiotic relationship between acting and singing in operatic and musical theater performance. Audience: Graduate