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Coaching an Opera Director Booked Through 2028 Launch Her First Film | Kelsie Furst | Ep 993
"What if you're already ready." — Niiamah
Join Niiamah (@niiamahashong) and Kelsie Furst, executive and artistic director of Loveland Opera Theater.
Kelsey never set out to run an opera company. She came up through the chorus, auditioned pregnant, said yes every time she was asked, and rose. Now she wants to make something nobody will ask her for. This conversation is about the gap between the leader everyone recruits and the artist waiting for permission to start her own work.
What you'll take away:
- Why the question of "enough experience" is the wrong question for a leader who has never…
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