You’ll be stepping down as general director of the New Orleans Opera at the end of this season?

Yes. I’ll be continuing on indefinitely as the Artistic Director [of the New Orleans Opera]. That’s probably where I spend 75 percent of my time anyway. I always have. I’ve been the director of six companies: Knoxville Opera, Opera Grand Rapids, I revived Opera Mississippi, the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, and the Oakridge Symphony Orchestra. I’ve always ha...