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STO 4. Full Opera production

Period of the EOA module in 2025 – 2026:

Spring semester 2026:

  • 23 February – 07 June 2026 (with possibility to begin from 19 January 2026 for the full term)

Open to:

  • 1 or 2 vocal students

This course offers an opportunity to perform an opera role in a full-scale production with a professional symphony orchestra at a Swedish theatre. The module consists of a period of musical preparation with vocal coaching and musical interpretation sessions, followed by role analysis and stage rehearsals led by a professional director and conductor. The performance is produced with an orchestra, sets, lighting, costumes, and makeup.

The repertoire will be decided in Autumn 2025.

Name(s) of the professor(s) of this module

  • Patrik Sörling, Assistant Professor of Music Dramatic Performance
  • Christine Morgan, Assistant Professor of Musical Interpretation
  • Martin Hellström, Assistant Professor of Musical Interpretation

Possible extras besides the module:

  • Seminars on aspects of opera as an art form and of the opera singer’s profession
  • Audition training
  • Individual artistic reflection project (documented by short essay) under supervision

ca. 170 hours

24-30  ECTS

Entrance examination:

We choose our EOA students via recorded material. With the application, we need sound and video recordings.

Formats:

  • Sound: Wav or AIFF
  • Video: Mov or mp4 

Description of the final Examination:

Students are examined through the staged performance and a group seminar on the course’s learning outcomes.

Teaching language/ Required level of language:

  • Communication language: EN, level 5

Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/excluded in this price:

  • There are no tuition fees for EU/EES citizens
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STO 3. Opera performance with orchestra and conductor

Period of the EOA module in 2025 – 2026:

  • Spring semester 2026:

    • 19 January – 23 March 2026 (with possible extension to 07 June 2026 for the full term)

    Open for:

    • 1 to 3 vocal students

    In this module, the student singers work in a production in cooperation with student conductors and musicians from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and a professional stage director.

    The repertoire for the project will consist of longer excerpts from 2-3 different operas, conceptually merged into one opera performance. The module includes preparatory work,  musical rehearsals with our teachers in musical interpretation and the conductor students, as well as singing lessons.

    The course also contains language coaching, both individually and in groups.

    A 5-6 weeks production follows, consisting of stage work and orchestral rehearsals leading up to a fully staged performance with lighting, costumes, and makeup.

    Repertoire will be selected in mid-autumn of 2025.

    Name(s) of the professor(s) of this module:

    • Stina Ancker, Professor of music drama performance
    • Christine Morgan, Assistant professor of musical performance

    Ca 108 hours

    18 ECTS

     

    Possible extras besides the module:

    • Movement classes
    • Seminars on aspects of opera as an art form and of the opera singer’s

     

    Entrance examination:

    We choose our EOA students via recorded material. With the application, we need sound and video recordings.

    Formats:

    • Sound: Wav or AIFF.
    • Video: Mov or mp4

     

    Description of the final Examination:

    Students are examined through the staged performance and a group seminar on the course’s learning outcomes.

    Teaching language/ Required level of language:

    • Communication language: EN, level 5

    Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/excluded in this price:

    There are no tuition fees for EU/EES citizens

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STO 2. Site specific opera performance

Period of the EOA module in 2025 – 2026:

  • 20 October – 21 December 2025 

Open for:

  • 1 to 3 vocal students

In this module, the singer students explore how working in venues and spaces other than the opera theatre can influence music-dramatic expression. The students work on selected Opera scenes with a stage director and an opera coach/pianist and bring their work into the chosen venue to stage a performance for a small audience. The students, together with the teachers,  take an active part in deciding how to use the chosen space and how to place the audience in the performance. Besides the stage work in preparation for the performance, the module includes singing lessons and musical interpretation sessions. It also includes coaching in Italian lyric diction where appropriate to the chosen repertoire. The repertoire for the performance is selected in June, in dialogue with the students.

The module can be extended to include the entire term, January and December, with work on a staged concert with a conductor and piano or orchestra.

Name(s) of the professor(s) of this module:

  •   Stina Ancker,  Assistant professor of music dramatic performance
  •   Martin Hellström, Assistant professor of musical performance

ca. 120 hours

14-30  ECTS

 

Possible extras:

  • seminars on aspects of opera as an artform and of the opera singer’s profession
  • seminars on artistic research

Entrance examination:

We choose our EOA students via recorded material. With the application we need recordings of sound and video.

Formats:

  • Sound: Wav or
  • Video: Mov or mp4

Description of final examination:

  • Students are examined through the staged performance in the chosen space, through the staged concert, and a subsequent reflective discussion in the group and individually

Teaching language/ Required level of language:

  • Communication language: EN, level 5

Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/excluded in this price:

  • There are no tuition fees for EU/EES citizens
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STO 1. Italian opera scenes – language, expression, communication

Period of the EOA module in 2025 – 2026:

  • 02 September – 09 November 2025 (possible extension to 18/1 2026 for a full term )
  • Open for: 1-3 vocal students

Explore the connections between language, music, acting, and movement through scenes from Italian Opera and recitative. You will work with language, musical performance, acting, vocal skills, and stage movement in parallel, often with several teachers cooperating in the same session. The module will contain:

  • Investigation of the influence of language on stage thought, action, and performance
  • vocal coaching and musical preparation of opera scenes in original language, individually and in group
  • Practical role analysis and stage work
  • Stage movement classes
  • An intensive course focusing on the secco recitative. The course gives methods for preparation, musically and language-wise, as well as methods for achieving spontaneity and meaning in the performance of recitative through improvisational methods
  • Performing arias and select ensembles in a concert with orchestra
  • Performing opera scenes with piano in our studio theatre

The repertoire is selected to suit the students in the course. The repertoire will be discussed and decided on in June 2025.

Name(s) of the professor(s) of this module

  • Patrik Sörling, stage director, assistant professor of stage movement
  • Giuseppina Penta, language coach, senior lecturer of Italian lyric diction
  • Christine Morgan, assistant professor of musical interpretation

ca. 120 hours

14 – 30 ECTS

Possible extras besides the module:

  • Seminars on opera as an art form and the opera singer’s profession with invited guests from the professional field
  • Seminars on performance psychology for singers

Entrance examination:

We choose our EOA students via recorded material. With the application, we need sound and video recordings.

Formats:

Sound: Wav or AIFF. Video: Mov or mp4

Description of the final Examination:

Students are examined through the performance of the Italian opera scenes, a concert with orchestra, and a reflective seminar.

Teaching language/ Required level of language:

Communication language: EN, level 5

Total expenses of the EOA module per student and what is included/excluded in this price:

  • There are no tuition fees for EU/EES citizens
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