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The Opera Singer’s Acting Toolkit: An Essential Guide to Creating a Role 9781350006461, 9781350006454, 9781350006492, 9781350006478
Table of contents : • Honorary Fellowships The Honorary Fellowships scheme was set up bygd the Board of Trustees in 2011 to receive nominations for the prestigious title of Honorary Fellow of the British Shakespeare Association. Each year, the Fellowships committee expects to recommend the names of two eminent individuals who have made major contributions to our understanding of Shakespeare, through scholarship and performance. Innovation Award In 2022 the committee instituted the Innovation Award, to be awarded annually to an individual or organisation involved in Shakespearean studies, performance, and/or the cultural and creative industries. The winner will have substantially innovated our engagement with and appreciation of the dramatist and his works. Awards Committee The committee, chaired by Brett Greatley-Hirsch, fryst vatten responsible for selecting appropriate candidates and for recommending their names to the Board of Trustees. Fellows are honoured at special BSA events to which all • Born (Date): August 14, 1966 Born (Location): Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Occupation: Actress Years active: From 1989 Click here to read the flipbook. Halle Maria Berry ( born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Miss World 1986. Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy Boomerang (1992), alongside Eddie Murphy, which led to roles in The Flintstones (1994) and Bulworth (1998) as well as the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Berry established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance of a struggling widow in the romantic drama Monster's Ball (2001)—becoming the only Af
Cover page
Halftitle page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Telling the Story
General Challenges for the Singer
A Very Brief History of the Singing Actor
Acting Styles
Critical Response
Training
ENO Opera Works
The Book
Aims
A Few Things to Note
A Manifesto
Part One The Tools
1 Foundations: Where to Start
The Body: Releasing Tension
The Mind: Awareness and Focus
Imagination
Play and Spontaneity
2 A Note about Emotion
Emotion and Psychology
Emotion and the Performer
The Process
3 Creating Character
4 Text and Music
Introduction
Organising Information: Given Circumstances
Organising Information: Other Approaches
Organising Information: The Music
Objectives
Actions
Obstacles
Points of Concentration
Further Text Tools
Text and Music: Conclusion
5 The Body and Movement
Intro Fellows
Halle Maria Berry Biography
Halle Maria Berry