Vocal

• You’ll receive intensive weekly one-to-one singing lessons with distinguished singers and with and professional vocal and opera coaches. Intensive training in European Languages are taught in a broad repertoire of vocal music. Weekly drama and movement lessons will equip you with practical stagecraft to enjoy devising and performing both in recital, music theatre and opera.
• You can take advantage of performance opportunities through the BBC National Orchestra &Chorus of Wales Placement Programme, Welsh National Opera Youth Opera Young Company and the student-led arts company REPCo programme.
• Our vocal training is enhanced by our close partnerships with individual artists and some of the UK’s and Europe’s leading opera companies. RWCMD Vocal Students are invited to all company dress rehearsals at Welsh National Opera.
• Masterclasses and workshops are an integral part of all courses. Recent visitors include Bryn Terfel, Rebecca Evans, Dennis O’Neill, Angelika Kirschlager, Richard Hetherington and Carlo Rizzi.
• You will receive weekly classes in three European languages, Italian, German and French with specialist language coaches. These classes will equip you to read, write, pronounce and sing in these languages in addition to English, Welsh and students’ own language.
• You’ll develop essential collaborative working skills through ensemble projects such as the touring Schools and Community Opera, Musical Theatre, devising your own opera scenes and voice and piano duos. Our opera productions also provide you with opportunities to work alongside our acclaimed production and design departments.
• Performance skills can be taken alongside such as keyboard, choral conducting, historical performance, composition and contemporary music.

Training as a singer develops many transferable skills which can lead to a diverse range of career paths. RWCMD opera graduates have been successful in gaining places at Young Artist Programmes such as the National Opera Studio and the Jette Parker Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, and have performed with leading companies throughout Europe and North America, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North, Glyndebourne, the Metropolitan Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Memphis and the Royal Swedish Opera.