Sound
SAE Video Editing and Videography Course, Dubai
Guest Trainer: SAE Institute Dubai. Broadcast staff attended a video editing and videography course at SAE Institute Dubai.
Welcome to Curtain Up!
Curtain Up! is the Royal Opera House Muscat's training portal for the Technical Department. It gives every technical discipline a shared home for self-paced training, built around live show schedules rather than fixed classroom time.
Every department runs its own self-paced course library, built and maintained by that department's specialist lead.
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Note: Sound and Broadcast is one technical department.
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Online Courses
Video Production: Cameras and Shooting
Embark on the very first steps in the process of creating moving images. In this course the core ideas behind how video cameras...
Audio Foundations - Fundamentals of Pro Audio Equipment
Modern audio engineers and producers have access to a wealth of cool equipment that simplifies their workflow and enhances thei...
Audio Foundations 3 - Reverb
This instalment of Foundations of Audio explains one of the most essential ingredients in audio mixing, reverb—the time it take...
Audio Foundations - Delay and Modulation
The fundamentals of delay and modulation effects and how to apply these effects, technically and creatively, to improve the sou...
Audio Foundations - Compression and Dynamic Processing
Improve the sound of a mix with compressors, limiters, gates, de-essers, and other dynamic processors. The course explains the ...
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TECH TRAINING REPORTS
Sound
Optocore Training (May 2023)
Attendees: Gaurav Sawant, Khamis Al Sulaimi, Ahmed Al Aufi, Ahmed Al Shibli, Ahmed Al Hajri, Waqqas Al Siyabi, Chris James, Nuno Roberto, Steve Barker, Zarah Porras. A repeat Optocore training session for the Sound and Broadcast team, refreshing the department’s knowledge of the fibre optic network.
Broadcast
SAE Film Production Short Course, Dubai
Broadcast staff completed a film production short course at SAE Institute Dubai, the start of a video curriculum covering filmmaking, cameras and editing.
Broadcast
Optocore Training
Attendees: Gaurav Sawant, Khamis Al Sulaimi, Ahmed Al Shibli, Ahmed Al Hajri, Waqqas Al Siyabi, Steve Barker, Zarah Porras. Sound staff attended training on the Optocore digital audio network that links ROHM’s stage, COMMS room and control room.
2026-2027 SEASON
Curtain Up!
Royal Opera House Muscat’s 2026–2027 season celebrates fifteen years of artistic excellence and cultural exchange. From October 2026 to May 2027, the anniversary programme presents 28 shows across 43 performance nights, bringing audiences opera, Arab music, concerts, ballet, jazz, world music and family entertainment. Opening with Verdi’s Rigoletto, the season also includes a special anniversary exhibition and an expanded programme of education and community events.
