Konservatorium Wien
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The Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität is a private music conservatory in Vienna
, Austria
established in 1938 as Musikschule der Stadt Wien.
The school attained university status on June 15, 2005 as a private institution.
The conservatory offers course work in opera
, operetta
, acting
, and musical theatre
, as well as ballet
. With a huge array of professors, students can attain diplomas and certificates that are widely accepted as qualifiers for teaching and performance positions. The school does not limit the entry of foreign students, but it is necessary to learn some German
to have a productive experience as a student.
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
established in 1938 as Musikschule der Stadt Wien.
The school attained university status on June 15, 2005 as a private institution.
The conservatory offers course work in opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
, operetta
Operetta
Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Origins:...
, acting
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
, and musical theatre
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
, as well as ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
. With a huge array of professors, students can attain diplomas and certificates that are widely accepted as qualifiers for teaching and performance positions. The school does not limit the entry of foreign students, but it is necessary to learn some German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
to have a productive experience as a student.