CHARACTER ANALYSIS Performer’s Name: _______________ Name of the opera _______________________________________ Character’s full name ____________________________________ Birthplace _____________________________________________ Age _____________ Physical Characteristics: Height ____________ Weight ____________ Size description (best word to describe body size) _______________________________ Hair (texture, color, style) __________________________________________________ Eyes (color, size, description) _______________________________________________ Facial description (shape of face) ____________________________________________ Mouth: thin full Skin description: pale dark Skin quality: smooth swarthy Race / nationality __________________________ Dialect? _______________________ Marital status _____________________________ Lovers? _______________________ Education level: Not educated in school Higher degree of education: where? Economic / social status ____________________________________________________ General physical condition, health, vitality _____________________________________ General kinesthetic description (graceful, powerful) ______________________________ Evaluate walk; is it ever different within the story? ______________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ Describe grooming: Hair _____________________________ Hands______________________________ Face _____________________________ Bathing habits _______________________ Function of clothes: Describe taste in selection and care of clothes __________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What object(s) might you see in the character’s hands during the course of the opera? ________________________________________________________________________ What item(s) would your character carry in her pockets watch / glasses ______________ ________________________________________________________________________

Personality Traits: In general, is your character a leader, follower, or clown? _________________________ Does your character have a temper? __________________________________________ General demeanor: careful/cautious bold/chance-taker calm/relaxed nervous/anxious Physical manifestations (biting fingernails, rocking on heels) ______________________ Other general gestural characteristics (hands in pocket, behind back, etc.) _______________________________________________________________________ The Past: Describe the social/economic conditions under which your character was raised _______________________________________________________________________ Work experience _________________________________________________________ Family size _____________________________________________________________ Describe your character’s mother ____________________________________________ The father _______________________________________________________________ Siblings ________________________________________________________________ Your own impression of your character’s childhood ______________________________ Relationships: Describe your character’s relationship to _____________________. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Describe your character’s relationship to _____________________. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Describe your character’s relationship to _____________________. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

What is your character’s source of income? ____________________________________ Who is your character’s best friend? __________________________________________ Write out your objectives at the beginning of the opera and then at the end. What do you want? Does your character get what he wants? __________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What is your character’s place dramatically in this opera? _________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Emotional range: Circle characteristic emotions of your character: Amused Annoyed Ashamed Bitter Candid Curious Defiant Deliberate Ecstatic Elated Enraged Fearful Feeble Forgiving Frantic Gentle Greedy Hopeful Impulsive Jealous Loving Meek/timid Mocking Nervous Playful Pleasant Proud Sarcastic Scornful Serious Spiteful Submissive Thoughtful Uneasy Vexed Worried Any other emotions not listed: ___________, ___________, __________, ___________