Apply for MA Opera
This information concerns applications to the Master's Programme in Opera. Next time you can apply is Dec 2024 – Jan 2025. Studies start in the autumn of 2025.
Your application process
The following applied to admissions for studies starting in the autumn term 2023:
- Apply for the programme through universityadmissions.se
Application period: 1 December 2022 – 16 January 2023
Note: Make sure to select "Autumn 2023" for your application! - Deadline to complete your eligibility: 1 februari 2023
- Admission test part 1: Send in video by 1 February 2023, via Slideroom
You will need to create an account in the Slideroom system. - Notice given to those who pass test 1 by 8 February.
- Admission tests part 2 and 3: 21-22 February 2023
- Admission decision: 30 March 2023 through My pages on universityadmissions.se
Admission tests
The admission tests are carried out in three parts. In preparation for the auditions, you must choose a repertoire consisting of 5 arias from different eras, one of which shall be staged. All arias shall be performed by heart. Use the template "Repertoire list and CV (PDF)", that you will find available for download on this page. Fill out the repertoire list and upload it as a pdf in Slideroom together with your video for part 1 of the admission test
- Part 1: You must record and send in a video of good audio and visual quality. Choose one aria from your repertoire list which you will sing in the video. Send in your video via SlideRoom. Deadline 1 February 2023. Your video file must be in one of the following formats, and no larger than 500Mb: .m4v, .mov, .mp4, .wmv, .flv, .asf, .mpeg, .mpg, .mkv.
Deadline is 1 February 2023.
Only students who pass part 1 will be called to part 2 of the admissions test. - Part 2 is held on campus in Gothenburg. Part 2 of the auditions starts with a movement class. This test can not be prepared. Wear clothing suitable for movement. There are dressing rooms for changing available. After this test you will perform another aria of your choice from your list and your staged aria. If you wish, we can supply some simple props or someone to act as your counterpart in your aria performance. Part 3 is only for applicants who have passed part 2.
- Part 3 is held at The Gothenburg opera house. During part 3 you are asked to sing two arias from your repertoire list, selected by the jury. Which arias will be announced at the same time as the results from audition part 2. If the jury so wishes, they will choose one more aria from the repertoire list.
The jury consist of:
Monica Danielson chair of jury, program supervisor
Bo Rosenkull professor of voice
Åsa Bäverstam senior lecturer of voice
Mira Bartov professor of music drama
Göran Gademan dramaturg/casting coordinator Gothenburg Opera
Eligibility and selection
Entry requirements
Bachelor degree of fine arts in opera or equivalent, as well as knowledge and skills in music and acting that are assessed at the admission test. Applicants must prove their knowledge of English: English 6/English B from Swedish Upper Secondary School or the equivalent level of an internationally recognized test, for example TOEFL, IELTS.
Selection
Selection is based upon admission tests. In the admissions tests, an admissions group assesses the applicants' eligibility for education, based on a ranking.
Tuition fees
Applicants who are citizens in countries outside the EU/EEA (or Switzerland), and who are required to pay tuition fees, are encouraged to apply for scholarships. Some scholarships will cover either the full cost of the tuition fees for the programme, or a significant part of that fee.
Make sure that you read the application instructions carefully and that you understand when the application should be submitted (some scholarships require that you apply before you are admitted to the programme).
