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Carlos Capra is a lecturer at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin, where he focuses on the development and implementation of Italian graduate diction and translation classes for musicians. With a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in clarinet performance from the University of Texas at Austin, he has extensive training in conducting, opera directing, and coaching under Dr. Robert De Simone. His expertise spans several areas including diction coaching in multiple languages such as Italian, French, German, and Latin, with a focus on regional variations and musical styles. Capra is well-versed in the interpretation and performance styles of operatic recitative from the 17th to 20th centuries, exploring the relationship between operatic text and music through phonetic and semiotic lenses. He taught Italian language and culture at the Butler School from 1996 to 2013 and has performed as a clarinetist in chamber music and opera across Europe and South America. His teaching areas include courses like MUS 311J (Italian Musicians) and MUS 280D (Lyric Italian Diction & Translation).
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