A proposal to extend Peter Mark’s tenure as artistic director of the Virginia Opera for an extra season will be

http://hamptonroads.com/2010/10/proposal-submitted-extend-opera-directors-job?cid=ltst
The opera board’s executive committee has decided not to renew Mark’s contract when it expires at the end of the
2011-12 season. A group of dissenting board members, led by Edythe C. Harrison, the company’s founding president, has been campaigning to keep Mark, who has been in artistic charge of the company since 1975.
OCT. 31 UPDATE: The Pilot's Annas reports that the board discussed but did not vote on the extension proposal:
http://hamptonroads.com/2010/10/virginia-opera-board-discusses-directors-contract