Q:Facts: - residence: charlotte , north carolina - years active: 1980-present - caption: james the opera carolina chorus for the company 's 2008 production meena of aida . conducting a december 2007 music rehearsal of - honorific suffix: general director and principal conductor of opera carolina - agent: bernard uzan , uzan international artist - birth date: 1951 - name: james meena - occupation: opera conductor and administrator - image: jamesmeena.jpg - alma mater: carnegie mellon university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james meena .
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james meena -lrb- born 1951 -rrb- is an american conductor and opera administrator .formerly the general director and principal conductor of toledo opera in ohio , since 2000 he has been the general director and principal conductor of opera carolina , in charlotte , north carolina .