Character Descriptions from Musicals, Plays and Operas

Lead

A Dinner Engagement

  english language contemporary opera sitcom situational comedy aristocracy love marriage vanity relationships romcom romantic comedy duchess royalty mother mother-of-the-groom dramatic mezzo lyric mezzo character mezzo character contralto dramatic contralto  lyric contralto 

Supporting

A Dinner Engagement

  english language contemporary opera sitcom situational comedy aristocracy love marriage vanity relationships romcom romantic comedy servant maid housekeeper cockney accent london accent lyric mezzo character mezzo contralto  character contralto 

Lead

Dividing the Estate

Supporting

Dividing the Estate

Supporting

Doctor Faustus

  honest elderly aging enigmatic good kindly  conscience 

Supporting

Doctor Zhivago

  russian aristocrat mother caring supportive loving dreamer death generous 

Supporting

Doctor Zhivago

  russian father husband widower aristocrat supportive charming 

Ensemble

Doctor Zhivago

  ensemble russian priest student revolutionaries wedding guests soldier nurse refugees bureaucrat mourners 

Featured

The Doctor's Dilemma

  maid british female elderly unattractive  motherly 

Supporting

The Dog in the Manger

  spanish italian 1600s count father nobility noble heartbroken relieved heir lineage  title 

Supporting

The Dog in the Manger

  italian spanish 1600s steward attendant honor decorum class  order 

Supporting

Don Carlos

  french language public domain spanish inquisition torture priest religion catholic faith gravitas  dramatic bass