Acting for Opera Performance 1 (MUSI90183)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject explores the holistic performance elements required by professional opera singers.
Combining text analysis and movement principles, this subject is designed to build skills of dramatic interpretation and individual expression required for professional opera performance opera performance.
Students are encouraged to integrate imagination and physical skills with their vocal skills to develop characters and interpret text.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- developing an appreciation of the significance of text in the operatic art-form;
- application of kinesthetic awareness exercises and movement skills (as opposed to vocal) to produce honest, theatrical characterization;
- embarking upon analysis and discussion of scenes using selected existing play-scripts;
- developing the capacity for autonomous analysis and interpretation of dramatic context, character and text/script, and to apply this knowledge to operatic performance;
- developing collaborative skills necessary for the ensemble nature of the art-form.
Generic skills
On completion of this course, students will be:
- skilled in applying movement with the specific skills of character, text and scene analysis to produce excellent theatrical characterization and performance
- able to demonstrate a high level of autonomy and resourcefulness in evaluation of dramatic context, character deconstruction and analysis, and interpretation of text/script in operatic performance by orally explaining their methodology.
- creative in the application of self-directed learning generating high quality performance
- able to demonstrate knowledge of the ethics and expectations of theatrical characterization in collaborative operatic performance
Last updated: 4 March 2025
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: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Performance assessment of movement, character, text and scene analysis
| During the teaching period | 30% |
20-minute performance and oral analysis of self prepared work
| During the assessment period | 30% |
Ongoing assessment of the processes required for characterization and performance development
| Throughout the teaching 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: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Jane Davidson Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours of workshops delivered intensively Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Jane Davidson: j.davidson@unimelb.edu.au
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
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Last updated: 4 March 2025