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Lyric Diction for Opera (MUSI90239)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On 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
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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
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- 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: 12 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: 12 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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3 Oral in-class exercises (each 250 words equivalent) and Written (each 250 words). Due Weeks 4, 8 and 11.
| Throughout the teaching period | 30% |
Written - IPA Transcriptions
| End of the teaching period | 30% |
Performance Exam (Speaking and singing excerpts from opera libretti in their original languages)
| During the assessment period | 40% |
Last updated: 12 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Linda Barcan Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours comprising, one 2-hour combined lecture and seminar per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022
Last updated: 12 November 2022
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: 12 November 2022