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Performance Diploma in Opera at Boston University

Boston University, United States

Programme overview

The Opera Institute offers specialized training in operatic performance with concentrated instruction in acting, Italian conversation, lyric diction, musical styles, movement, Alexander Technique, ballet, stage combat and period styles. Students perform in two full-scale orchestral productions and a Fringe Festival of one-act operas each year. Applications reopen for fall 2027.

Faculty: College of Fine Arts  |  Department: School of Music  |  Duration: 2 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Boston, MA, United States

What you will study

28 units: applied voice, movement and Alexander Technique, repertoire class and coaching, production rehearsal and performance, acting seminar and conversational Italian for the operatic professional, over four terms.

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Application information

Duration: 2 years

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