The Toughest Show on Earth: My Rise and Reign at the Metropolitan Opera
Volpe, Joseph; Michener, Charles
Language: English
Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007
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- Title
- The Toughest Show on Earth: My Rise and Reign at the Metropolitan Opera
- Author
- Volpe, Joseph; Michener, Charles
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1400096758
- ISBN 13
- 9781400096756
Joseph Volpe gives us an anecdote-filled tour of more than four decades at the Met, an institution full of vast egos and complicated politics. With stunning candor, he writes about the general managers he worked under, his embattled rise to the top, the maneuverings of the blue-chip board, and his masterful approach to making a family of such artist-stars as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, and Renee Fleming, and such visionary directors as Franco Zeffirelli, Robert Wilson, and Julie Taymor. Intimate and frank, The Toughest Show on Earth is not only essential for music lovers, but for anyone who wants to understand the inner workings of the culture business.
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About the Author
Charles Michener was senior editor for cultural affairs at Newsweek and senior editor at The New Yorker and has written widely on music for many publications. He collaborated with Robert Evans on The Kid Stays in the Picture and was coauthor with Peter Duchin of Ghost of a Chance. He lives in New York.
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