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Dialogue des Carmelites at the Guildhall School in 2018

Above: Our production of Dialogues des Carmélites in the Silk Street Theatre

Opera Studies

Opera Studies provides intensive postgraduate training for up to 24 singers and four student repetiteurs at any one time. It offers advanced vocal training and operates at a professional level, presenting a range of productions from opera scenes and chamber opera to three full-scale operas over the two years of study.

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Guildhall Artist Masters (MMus/MPerf) in Performance

Read more about our Masters in Performance, or choose from the specialisms below.

Artist Diploma

Read more about studying our Artist Diploma.

Opera Studies

The Opera Studies specialism is for singers with a developed vocal technique, vocal maturity and potential for development. The training is overseen by experienced visiting professionals and will provide you with vocal and dramatic training including singing lessons, individual coaching in roles and repertoire, acting and stage techniques (such as Movement, Dance, Make-up and Drama), dedicated language coaching and career guidance. Performance is central to the programme.

You must have a developed vocal technique to enrol on this specialism. Vocal maturity and your potential for development will be taken into consideration.

The Department stages three full public productions each year and three programmes of operatic excerpts in workshop settings, developed in partnership with the Production Arts Department. In the summer term, these collaborations include new work by composers and librettists on the MA in Opera Making and Writing, in association with the Royal Opera House.

  • Singing lessons
  • Individual coaching in roles and repertoire
  • Acting and stage techniques - movement, dance, make-up and drama
  • Language coaching
  • Workshop productions of scenes
  • Fully staged public productions
  • Career guidance

Repetiteur Training

This specialism is for highly accomplished pianists and sightreaders with knowledge of the operatic repertoire and experience of accompanying singers. Run from within the Opera Department, this one- or two-year programme includes providing accompaniment for opera production rehearsals and coaching for singers on the Opera programme, as well as coaching and training in repetiteur techniques, piano lessons and language coaching, harpsichord tuition and continuo playing. Accompaniment for coaching sessions and introductory training in opera conducting are also available.

  • Accompanying opera production rehearsals
  • Coaching singers on the Opera Course
  • Individual coaching
  • Training in repetiteur techniques
  • Harpsichord tuition and experience of continuo playing
  • Piano lessons
  • Language coaching
  • Accompanying coaching sessions with guest coaches
  • Introductory training in opera conducting for those interested

MA in Opera Making & Writing

This new Masters programme allows composers and writers to focus on how new opera is created, developed and performed. Part of an exciting partnership between Guildhall School and the Royal Opera House, the programme is led by Julian Philips, Head of Composition.

Find out more about the MA in Opera Making & Writing.

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