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The toughest show on earth : my rise and reign at the Metropolitan Opera / Joseph Volpe with Charles Michener.

Volpe, Joseph. (Author). Michener, Charles. (Added Author).

Summary:

An anecdote-filled behind-the-scenes look at more than forty years of the highlights, successes, and day-to-day inner workings--productions, divas, and backstage dramas--of New York's Metropolitan Opera House, by Joseph Volpe, the only general manager to have risen through the ranks. This book is the story of Volpe's years leading up to the Met, from his first big job as a stagehand at the Morosco Theater to the odd jobs he picked up moonlighting. It is his Met years--from apprentice carpenter to general manager--that tell about New York and the business of culture. Volpe looks at the Met today, an institution of vast egos and complicated politics, as well as its glittering past. He writes about the general managers he worked under; his own embattled rise to the top; his bad-cop, good-cop collaboration with conductor James Levine; and making a family of highly charged artist-stars and visionary directors.--From publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 0307262855
ISBN: 9780307262851
Physical Description: x, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Knopf, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	This book was purchased in honor of Adrianne Kiesbar in grateful appreciation of volunteer service given to the Whitehall Township Public Library 2008-2009.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.