Just like Powers, she seems at home with her voice. And, as with Powers, the threesome has an immediate response. Now, the contract negotiating will begin with Bender and Powers. As for Rigoletto and all the secondary roles, the company has another half-dozen auditions scheduled in New York, Boston, Chicago, Baltimore and Portland. The company also plans to produce two short operas next summer, one by Menotti and one by Mozart, which would bring the number of roles to fill to 14.
Nobody has time to bask in the day's luck.
Muraco is gone in a flash, late for a class. Vaughn, likewise, has to dash to a class. Hangen heads for the airport. On the way out of the church, though, he hears strains of music float up from a staircase.