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Opera Performance Practicum 4 (MUSI90172)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25On Campus (Southbank)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability | November |
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This practicum is the final of a suite of four subjects that focus on different productions, in different languages, which take place in a range of contexts. While the assessments are necessarily very similar across all 4 practicums, each will vary according to the demands of the practical work undertaken and the student’s place in the sequence. This practicum represents the capstone stage of development.
Students undertaking this subject will work on a large-scale capstone project, through rehearsals and culminating in a performance, in order to develop, consolidate and apply the individual skills required of principal in an opera production.
Through either vocational placement in a professional opera company or an in-house University production, vocal students will strengthen and consolidate a breadth of skills and knowledge regarding stylistic vocal delivery, stagecraft and movement training, role development and characterisation, and ensemble work.
Through either vocational placement in a professional opera company or an in-house University production, repetiteur students will strengthen and consolidate their skills in conducting, coaching and managing, as well as their knowledge and understandings of the rehearsal process, as applicable to all aspects of the repetiteurs' craft.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- demonstrate professional and industry ready level understanding of appropriate stylistic vocal performance;
- for the singer, demonstrate professional and industry ready level stagecraft skills, and for the repetiteur, understand relevant aspects of vocal score playing related to orchestral reductions;
- apply the appropriate principles of practice within an opera production context;
- demonstrate a professional and industry ready level knowledge of the historical and stylistic conventions, correct lyric diction and interpretative framework of the opera constituting the work performed during the study period;
- demonstrate professional and industry ready level written capacity for critical, reflective and evaluative insight into the rehearsal and performance process.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- demonstrate the capacity for critical and independent thought and reflection;
- demonstrate skills in evaluative thinking, and in the application of theoretical / analytical criteria to practical outcomes;
- demonstrate analytical skills in the context of artistic performance;
- plan effectively to meet rehearsal and performance deadlines.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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MUSI90171 | Opera Performance Practicum 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Direct translation of role written above part, with IPA
| During the teaching period | 10% |
Respond to and apply set tasks during performance rehearsal as directed
| During the teaching period | 20% |
Final studio run-through of opera production
| During the teaching period | 25% |
Final performance
| During the assessment period | 40% |
Written reflection on learning stages and outcomes
| End of the assessment period | 5% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of all scheduled classes to be eligible for a pass in this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: Students must submit all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject. For the purposes of meeting this hurdle requirement, each submitted assessment must be complete and constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task. Submitting only part of an assessment (e.g. only the title page) or an assessment on an irrelevant topic will not meet this hurdle requirement. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- November
Coordinator Jane Davidson Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 150 hours, comprising daily coaching, music and staging rehearsals Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 14 November 2022 to 11 December 2022 Last self-enrol date 18 November 2022 Census date 25 November 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 December 2022 Assessment period ends 23 December 2022
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Vocal score (for singers) and vocal score plus orchestral score (for repetiteurs) of the repertoire being performed.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Music (Opera Performance)
Last updated: 31 January 2024