Virginia Opera is searching for a new CEO as Peggy Kriha Miller handed in her notice in after less than five years.
Terms are getting shorter, conditions tougher.
Miller says she wants to prioritise her family. A soprano who retired in 2017 after a 25-year career, Miller played Stella in Andre Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire.
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