MUSC 1091 — - Opera Workshop I
(Fall Semester) This course is a workshop designed to explore the basics of integrating singing, movement and dramatization into opera performance. Emphasis is placed on character development, score study and stage movement in two consecutive semesters. Each student in the class will be assigned a role in the spring opera production. During the first semester, the roles are musically prepared and memorized. Detailed musical coaching including stylistic study, diction, and period performance practice. Opera Workshop I may be repeated four times. (Prerequisite: College freshman ability in singing, as demonstrated in an informal audition at the first class meeting; recommended: Enrollment in sequential course, MUSC 1092- Opera Workshop II in Spring semester). Other: 3 hours