Courses offered by the Opera Studies Department are listed below. Please check the Schedule of Classes for course offerings each semester and consult individual course entries in this schedule for information on course prerequisites and corequisites.
Courses
MUS R471 - Vocal Performance Workshop I
P: Successful completion of upper-division examination. Open to undergraduate voice majors in the Jacobs School of Music; other students by permission of the instructor. Opera arias and ensembles, musical theater repertoire and spoken texts from theatrical works. Audition techniques, stage movement, and a staged "scenes" production performance.
MUS R472 - Vocal Performance Workshop II
P: Successful completion of upper-division examination. Open to undergraduate voice majors in the Jacobs School of Music; other students by permission of the instructor. Opera arias and ensembles, musical theater repertoire and spoken texts from theatrical works. Audition techniques, stage movement, and a staged "scenes" production performance.
MUS R571 - Opera Workshop
Staging and interpretive exploration of operatic arias and ensembles. Class work culminates in staged public performance.
MUS R572 - Opera Workshop
Advanced work in movement and role characterization for the opera stage. Class work culminates in a public performance of staged arias and scenes.