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Core Skills in Opera 2 (MUSI90233)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 18.75On 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 | Semester 2 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
Students will undertake this subject to develop sound working knowledge, and isolate and cultivate the skills, necessary for performing opera repertoire with confidence from either the baroque/classical periods, or the romantic/twentieth-century periods, depending on the cycle of repertoire selection for the course. This will include the development of:
Either:
- Strategies for singers to achieve confident interactive voice, lyric diction and body work for stage productions;
Or:
- Strategies for repetiteurs to work confidently between keyboard parts and full orchestral scores in a spontaneous rehearsal context, and to negotiate with confidence complex ensemble interactions and dynamics in the rehearsal room.
To achieve these goals, students will work in group contexts to consolidate and develop:
- Confident skills in vocal delivery and acting with appropriate stylistic approaches
- Confident skills in the interactions between singing, speech, lyric diction and text appropriate to the demands of either baroque/classical, or romantic/twentieth-century operatic works
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- perform with confidence a variety of operatic styles appropriate to the baroque/ classical or romantic/twentieth-century periods being investigated;
- participate with confidence and fluency in preparation and rehearsal of an operatic scene from baroque/ classical or romantic/twentieth-century repertoire;
- respond with confidence and fluency to instruction for improvisation using movement and voice;
- write with confidence and fluency phoneticisation in IPA of text relevant to the operatic repertoire being studied;
- coordinate with confidence and fluency vocal/physical warm-up exercises.
Last updated: 24 January 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSI90231 | Core Skills In Opera 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
18.75 |
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: 24 January 2023
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Three phoneticisations in IPA of complex song texts (markedly more complex than Core skills 1)
| Throughout the teaching period | 30% |
Respond to and apply set class work as directed
| Second half of the teaching period | 20% |
Lead the class in warm-up exercises totalling 5 minutes and submit 300 words of warm-up exercise notes
| End of the teaching period | 10% |
Present operatic excerpts (up to 20 minutes) as directed
| During the assessment period | 40% |
| Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of all scheduled classes and submit all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 24 January 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Jane Davidson Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 54 hours, comprising 4.5 hours per week in a variable mixture of class, tutorial, coaching and individual settings Total time commitment 255 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022
Last updated: 24 January 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Music (Opera Performance)
Last updated: 24 January 2023