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Acting for Opera is a laboratory for the complete singer-actor. The canon of music-theatre continues to expand, and each genre of music has its own evolving style of performance. As such, students will practice working both from the outside-in (using the face, body, and voice to express ideas and emotions) and from the inside-out (using their imaginations as fuel for strong artistic choices). Readings include historic and contemporary discourses on both acting and rhetoric. Students will prepare monologues, dialogue, and recitative scenes assigned by the instructor, and will be graded upon their individual preparation as well as their ability to work in an ensemble.