Middletown opera company names Robert McFarland its executive director. From: Middletown Journal (Middletown, OH) | Date: February 15, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Middletown Journal. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Eric Robinette

Feb. 15--MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- If all goes as planned, the Sorg Opera Company will be singing again this fall.

Sorg, which has been dormant for nearly two years, has signed on Robert McFarland, the founder of the Atlantic Coast Opera Festival, as its new general director, Sorg's acting president Howard Johnson announced Wednesday.

"It's the only thing we could do. If we didn't do anything at all, we would be completely dead. Th...