What will I learn?

If you've completed an undergraduate degree or diploma in music and want to grow your creative and performing skills as a singer-actor, Laurier's Diploma in Opera is a perfect fit.This one-year (two-term) program offers focused instruction in voice and operatic stagecraft in a highly collaborative environment where you learn about making opera from the ground up.Program HighlightsYou'll work with faculty and practitioners who are among Canada's most distinguished performers, creators and educators.Opera Laurier performs a themed program of operatic and music theatre excerpts every fall and a full-length opera every winter.

Which department am I in?

Faculty of Music

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees

CAD$34,880.00 (21,15,350) per year

Textbooks and Academic Supplies - 1500 CAD.

Start date

September 2027

Venue

Waterloo Campus

75 University Avenue West,

Waterloo,

Ontario,

N2L 3C5, Central Canada, Canada

Entry requirements

For international students

Students must have the following:

An undergraduate degree or diploma in music.
A successful audition.
Completion of the following prerequisite courses: MU298: Introduction to Opera, MU490: Practical Study, and two first-year (or equivalent) language courses in French, German, Italian or Russian (or permission from the dean).

English Proficiency

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - Internet-based testing (

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.