Opera Vocal Performance - Master 1 year

Term 1: Singing lessons, rehearsals and scenic work to develop methods for independent work. You begin your degree project – the project you presented in your application. Seminars and meetings with researchers and students will give you the means necessary to develop this project and its research questions.

Term 2: You further develop and present your degree project. The presentation contains both an artistic and reflective aspect. You will participate in a public performance with scenes from the opera repertoire.

General entry requirement

• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor’s degree or professional qualification of at least 180 credit points or equivalent. 

Specific entry requirements

• English 5 or equivalent.
• Bachelor of Fine Arts or equivalent higher education qualification in classical singing or opera of at least 180 credits or equivalent.

If you don’t fulfil the formal entry requirements for the programme you may apply for recognition of prior learning, in other words that the knowledge and competence you have acquired through other activities are assessed as the equivalent of the formal merits that are required. Submit your application for recognition of prior learning with your application for the programme.

You may also apply for an exemption/a waiver, that allows you to proceed to the selection process even though you don’t meet the general admission requirements. Submit your application for an exemption/a waiver together with your application.

Read more about how you can show that you meet the entry requirements (that you are eligible).

Start your application early

Don’t delay in submitting your application! You may run into trouble if you wait until the last day and your internet connection happens to be down, or you find that your files are in the wrong format. You will not be able to apply once the last date for applications has passed. Keep in mind that your application has to be turned in by 23:59 (Swedish time).

Please note - the following information refers to the application for the programme that started in the autumn semester 2022. We will publish updated information when the application opens for the master's programme that will be held in autumn 2024.

You apply to the programme in two steps

1. Apply to the programme via universityadmissions.se
   Last day for application: 16 January 2023
   Please note! Choose “Autumn 2023” for your search!
2. Submit your worksample via Varbi (accordning to instructions below):
   Last day to submit worksample via Varbi: 16 Januari 2023
    

Other important dates for your application

• Supporting documentation deadline: 1 February 2023*
• Admission results: 5 May. Published on My pages on universityadmissions.se 
   

* 5 July is deadline for you who need to submit proficiency test in English or Swedish.

 Deadline for Diploma of Bachelor’s Degree and transcript of records for you who are currently studying the last term of your Bachelor’s Programme is by the time for registration.

Instructions on how to submit your worksamples* via Varbi

* Please read below which type of documentation and/or files that is required for the programme you have applied to.

When you have entered the application system:

1. Register by stating your name and e-mail address.
2. Fill in your personal data (including your Swedish civic registration number if you have one).
3. Fill in the application form and upload the required documents.

Before uploading your documents, they must be prepared as follows:

• You must scan your original documents. If the document is in colour, scan it in colour.
• All documents must be in PDF-format.
• Please name the document/file with content and your name for example: CV_ first name_ family name

Instructions for worksamples

You need to submit the following work samples via Varbi in order to be part of the admission process:

       1. Voice type

You should state your voice type

2. State your repertoire

At the vocal tests you perform repertoire of your own choice. You must prepare six opera arias plus one lied/art song to perform by heart. One should be in your native language and the others in the original language. 

3. Project plan

Upload a document with a proposal for an independent project during the programme, where your capacity for independent and reflective artistic work will be tested. The project can, for example, take its starting point in a role study or a special aspect of your own practice that you want to immerse yourself in and develop. Also describe why you want to work on this project and what questions this project focuses on.

1-2 A4, Times new roman, 12 pt, 1.5 line spacing. Use pdf.

4. Your CV

Upload a CV, where you list your education, professional experience and other relevant experiences in singing that you want to refer to. Use pdf.

5. Certificates

Upload certificates supporting your cv. Please use pdf.

6. Film

You should upload a compressed movie clip (mov, mp4, avi) at a maximum of 10 minutes (max 150 Mb) where you render two arias from your repertoire list. You may need to resize the video before uploading it.
Read more here about reduce video size and What is Bitrate.

The recording should be made so that your voice appears clearly; not in an over-acoustic room, such as a church with a lot of reverberation and with the microphone at a distance, or in a scenic performance where you move far away from the microphone.

7. Audio file

You should upload a non-compressed audio file (Wav, Aiff), at a maximum of 10 minutes (max 150 Mb) where you render the same two arias from your repertoire list as in the film.

The recording should be made so that your voice appears clearly; not in an over-acoustic room, such as a church with a lot of reverberation and with the microphone at a distance, or in a scenic performance where you move far away from the microphone.

The assessment of eligibility and the selection take place in several stages. The assessment of formal merits/grades is carried out by the Swedish Council for Higher Education. The assessment of artistic merits is carried out by an admission group from Stockholm university of arts (SKH) consisting of teachers and professionals from the field. A student representative can also participate in the admissions group, but will not take part in the assessment. After each stage of the process there will be a decision on who will proceed to the next step. Everyone is informed of whether they will proceed or not.

The admissions group will make a primary selection of the applicants based on the film and audio files submitted with the application. Those who proceed will be invited to selections tests at SKH, during which the admissions group will assess your ability to perform musical drama and other qualifications necessary for participating in the programme. This will be done through tests in singing and music dramatic performance, and an interview.

In the first test, Selection test 1, the evaluation of the applicants is based on the material handed in with your application. The last day of application is on January 16^th 2023.

Selection test 2 takes place during one day at SKH, Teknikringen 35, Stockholm, week 13; 28 or 29 of March 2023.

Here you will find detailed information about the selection process.

If you are a Swedish citizen or a citizen of another EU or EEA country you are not required to pay application or tuition fees. Some other groups are also exempt from the requirement to pay application and study fees.

A few years ago Sweden introduced application and tuition fees for higher education. The level of the study fees depends on which course/programme they are for, and the level is set in order to cover the actual costs of the course/programme in question. SKH has some possibilities of offering scholarships that cover the whole study fee or that subsidise it.

If you are required to pay an application fee, the Swedish Council for Higher Education needs to receive your payment by the last date forpaying the tuition fee. The application fee is SEK 900. If you are required to pay the application fee and the Swedish Council for Higher Education has not received your payment by the last date for paying the tuition fee, they will not process your application.

The tuition fee of the Master’s program in opera start autumn 2023 is 277 500 SEK and for the whole program 555 000 SEK.

Scholarships to Cover the Tuition Fee

If you are obliged to pay a tuition fee you can apply for a scholarship which covers the tuition fee. The scholarship does not cover any private costs during your studies. Please note that you still need to pay an application fee (900 SEK). The application fee is non-refundable.

Read more about tuition fees and scholarships.