The toughest show on earth
Subtitle: my rise and reign at the Metropolitan Opera
By: Joseph Volpe with Charles Michener.
Contributors: Michener, Charles
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781400096756
Subjects: Volpe, Joseph.; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.); Opera producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287) and index.
Table of contents: title: The apprentice. "Be patient"; title: Always on the go; title: King Farouk; title: A box at the Metropolitan; title: Too many clouds; title: "Can you handle the job?"; title: A man of the theater; title: From the water to the bridge; title: Texas grit; title: The turnaround man; title: The boss. Breathing with Jimmy; title: Battle hymn; title: The new prima donnas; title: The playground; title: Siamese twins; title: The trapeze artists; title: No light in the tunnel; title: The club; title: The new class; title: At home; title: The angel.