Showing The Toughest Show on Earth: My Rise and Reign at the Metropolitan Opera by Joseph Volpe

Paperback. Pub Date :2007-10-1 Pages: 304 Publisher: Random House The Toughest Show on Earth is the ultimate behind-the-sceneschronicle of the divas and the dramas of New York's MetropolitanOpera House. by the remarkable man who rose from apprenticecarpenter to general manager. Joseph Volpe gives us an anecdote-filled tour of more than fourdecades at the Met. an institution full of vast egos andcomplicated politics. With stunning candor. he writes about thegeneral managers he worked under. his embattled rise to the top. the maneuverings of the blue-chip board. and his masterful approachto making a family of such artist-stars as Luciano Pavarotti. Placido Domingo. Teresa Stratas. and Renee Fleming. and suchvisionary directors as Franco Zeffirelli. Robert Wilson. and JulieTaymor. Intimate and frank. The Toughest Show on Earth is not onlyessential for music lovers. but for anyo...