When he was being interviewed for the post of general director of Fort Worth Opera, Darren K. Woods told the company's board of directors that he wasn't interested in babysitting the Top Twenty Operas: if they wanted a major shift in repertoire, he was their man — but if they didn't, they should end their conversation with him then and there. He got the job.

 -- Opera News

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