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A National Search Kostis hasn’t worked in Santa Barbara before, but came here for the first time on a three-day visit as one of over 100 candidates who were interviewed during a six-month national search for a new artistic director of Opera Santa Barbara. Kostis credits Steven Sharpe, general director of Opera Santa Barbara, as having been key to his selection. When asked what he looks for when choosing a cast, Kostis responds by noting that, “The voice is the first requirement.” He goes on to note that in opera, unlike say American musical theatre, “voices are not miked and are never amplified. We craft the sound based upon the abilities of the human body,” he says. Opera singers are all trained to be able to sing in big houses, he adds, “so all the singers have big voices.” Singers sing differently in different venues, depending upon the acoustical properties of the theater. “The theater is our instrument,” Kostis says. “In a world where everything is always over-amplified, people listen through their ear buds, especially those under thirty,” he notes. “For someone who hasn’t been exposed to the sound of a live orchestra or an unamplified trained voice,” he continues, “the sonic experience of being in a theater at an opera or a symphonic concert is really unique.” He explains that without amplification, the spectrum of frequencies
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