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BA Directing (Music Theatre) at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Germany

Programme overview

The Musical Theatre Directing course teaches both music-theoretical and practical theatre aspects. Three directing projects of rising complexity run through the course, ending in a complex music theatre production.

Faculty: Theaterakademie (Theater)  |  Department: Directing  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; mostly German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

What you will study

Foundation course (semesters 1 to 3) on directing, scenic handling of music, space, light and costume, with a stylistic period per semester (early music, classical opera repertoire, contemporary music theatre); main course (semesters 4 to 6) on site-specific theatre, theatre for young audiences and other staging formats, with interdisciplinary courses at the HfMT and University of Hamburg.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Application period 15 February to 1 April.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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