Designed for classical singers desiring careers in the current and evolving industry. Provides a focused approach to learning the skills of performance, along with professional protocols in rehearsal, audition, and performance. Readings, discussions, and practices are introduced from Linklader, Graham, Balk, Goldovsky, Adler, Meisner, Mamet, Stanislavsky, O'Brien, Chekhov, Alexander, and Viewpoints. Students begin with study of their existing repertoire. Strategies and skills of performance for auditions, HD, the proscenium stage and alternate spaces, including performance in the round, are discussed and explored. Performance skills, character research, and role study culminate in the performance of a staged aria. May be taken alone or as a supplement to any level of the Opera Programs. With permission of instructor, MP 635 may be taken either as a prerequisite to, or concurrent with, MP 636.

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