Also called: Prompter (Opera), Prompt Box Coach
Sits in a tiny box hidden at the front of the opera stage and murmurs the next words and cues to singers so they never lose their place.
An opera prompter climbs into the small hooded box at the stage edge before curtain, opens the full score, and watches both the conductor and the singers. A beat before each phrase they mouth or murmur the first words and cue entrances, all night, in Italian, German, or French.
Approximate; full-time posts exist at only a few big opera houses.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in collaborative piano, vocal coaching, or opera.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Collaborative Piano, Vocal Performance, Music.
Growing slowly. Only a few US companies still use prompters.
Low risk for 10 years. A live safety net for singers during performances; it's done in the moment by a musician.
Classes: Music theory, Foreign languages, Piano.
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