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The University College of Opera
Opera is music theatre in which many different art forms work together to tell a story. Opera has been multi-media from the very beginning. Theatre, music, poetry, stage design, lighting, costume and make-up – all combine to give the audience a powerful dramatic experience. The University College of Opera is situated on the KTH Campus on Valhallavägen in Stockholm. The acoustically adapted facilities include a studio theatre, several staging rooms, a room for movement training, studios and practice rooms. Practical tuition and lectures, as well as concerts and performances, take place at the college. All the pianos, both grand and upright, are maintained to a very high standard.
Intense competition for places
The University College of Opera is an independent institution with approximately 40 students. Each year 120 potential opera singers apply, of whom around 10 are offered places. There are Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes for opera singers and Master’s programmes for opera directors and répétiteurs. Musical and dramatic studies, singing technique, movement, and stagecraft provide the backbone of the programmes. Alumni from the College are active professionally both in Sweden and internationally.
Influencing the future of music theatre
The University College of Opera has an extensive programme of cooperation with the world of professional opera. Students are regularly offered work experience in Swedish theatres and a number of the teachers are actively involved professionally. The College has established relationships with FolkOperan, The Royal Swedish Opera, and Drottningholms Slottsteater. Directors, conductors and international opera coaches regularly work at the College as visiting teachers and professors. The College regards it as its job not only to be good stewards of operatic tradition but also to make a contribution towards the opera of the future. The College does this by commissioning new works in conjunction with composers and librettists. This means that the students are well equipped to perform contemporary music and play their part in the creative processes of music theatre.
Number of full-year students in year 2009: 38
Number of programmes: 4
Number of programmes in English: 0
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