Lyric Diction for Opera (MUSI90239)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
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Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
Lyric Diction for Opera offers an immersive experience for students to experiment with and develop high level skills in operatic lyric diction in the “big three” operatic languages: Italian, German and French. Students will learn to correctly pronounce the characteristic speech sounds of the language, to use prosodic features, to understand special rules pertaining to each language and to apply the International Phonetic Alphabet to opera librettos. The subject will be taught with frequent reference to operatic literature and to recorded material in an interactive lecture/seminar environment. Assessment will be based on participation in class activities and on IPA transcription tasks.
Intended learning outcomes
- transcribe operatic texts using a three- and four-line transcription and translation system based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA);
- recognise and correctly use the prosodic features (syllabification, stress) of the operatic languages studied;
- pronounce the characteristic speech sounds (vowels, semi-consonants or glides and consonants) of the operatic languages studied;
- implement the special rules of lyric diction pertaining to each language studied;
- demonstrate accurate speech sounds, prosody and special rules in both spoken and sung performance.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
3 in-class exercises – Oral (each 250 words equivalent) and Written (each 250 words). Due Weeks 4, 8 and 11.
| Throughout the semester | 30% |
Written - IPA Transcriptions
| End of the teaching period | 30% |
Performance Exam (Speaking and singing excerpts from opera libretti in their original languages) Equivalent to
| During the assessment period | 40% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Linda Barcan Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Last updated: 3 November 2022