Sunday, January 3, 2010

Ward Holmquist's talent search in New York


It’s a sunny morning in midtown Manhattan, and another singer has just filled Studio A of the Nola Rehearsal Studios with a powerful operatic voice. As she and her manager leave the windowed and mirrored room high above 54th Street, Ward Holmquist, artistic director of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, says quietly, “That’s a lovely sound, but there’s no color.” Holmquist and Evan Luskin, the Lyric’s executive director, are spending three days here to audition singers for future seasons.

more at kansascity.com

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