The Toughest Show on Earth: My Rise and Reign at the Metropolitan Opera
by Joseph Volpe
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Author: Joseph VolpeEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-05-02
ISBN: 0307262855
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Knopf
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Book Review: Opera on a Budget
Summary: 3 Stars
The story of behind the scenes working of the opera house is interesting, but the book suffers from poor production. Cheap paper, badly cut pages and the photos are smallish black and white reproductions on the page, not plates.
The workings of the Met. are fascinating for anyone interested in opera and there are some stories about the 'stars'. Joe Volpe always knowing best becomes a bit irritating, though. There's a chapter on singers, on Kathleen Battle, on Domingo and Pavarotti also on directors, unions and Volpe's early life (even before he became a carpenter). Worth reading for aficionados but not a handsome volume.
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