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VSAO5625: Advanced Opera Performance Stage 3
2024 unit information
This unit continues to develop the primary communication tools of stagecraft, acting and movement as they apply to performing on the operatic stage. Continuing to survey the major schools of acting, this unit develops and refines methodologies and strategies for establishing expert stage skills in opera performance, building the performer's role as expert and confident communicator. Skills in movement and movement style are facilitated by separate classes in dance. The unit is application based, allowing students to experiment with implementation of critical theoretical ideas in a performing environment. Much of the work of these courses is associated with rehearsal and performance of mainstage and chamber operas scheduled by SCM, in recognition of the crucial role these performances play in synthesizing the vocal, musical, linguistic, stylistic and dramatic threads undertaken in the Masters in Music Studies (Opera Performance).
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Performance
| Code | VSAO5625 |
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| Academic unit | Performance |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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VSAO5624 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand and apply principles of ensemble performance to a range of contexts
- LO2. show competency in the use of props and costume for the operatic stage
- LO3. understand and apply appropriate collegial behaviour in a rehearsal context
- LO4. show fluency in the use of theatre styles appropriate to opera, including stage falls and combat where necessary
- LO5. develop your own personal style for inhabiting an operatic character onstage, based on the tools obtained in class in various methods
- LO6. understand the historical and cultural context for a particular operatic scene and be able to apply that knowledge in performance
- LO7. be able to reflect critically on both one's own and other's performances in context
- LO8. be familiar with a range of dance styles appropriate to opera performance
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