Molto Agitato: The Mayhem Behind the Music at the Metropolitan

Molto Agitato: The Mayhem Behind the Music at the Metropolitan Opera

If the opera world is full of â€œintrigue, double meanings, and devious dramatics,â€ then no place exemplifies this more than the world-famous Metropolitan Opera, where politics, ambition, and oversized egos have traditionally taken center stage along with some of the worldâ€™s richest music. Drawing on her fifteen years as its press representative, Johanna Fiedler explodes the traditional secrecy that surrounds the Met in this wonderfully entertaining account of its tumuluous history.

Fiedler chronicles the Metâ€™s early days as a home for legends like Toscanini, Mahler, and Caruso, and gives a fascinating account of the middle years when haughty blue-bloods battled stubborn adminstrators for control of a company that would emerge as Americaâ€™s premiere opera house. She takes us behind the grand gold-curtain stage in more recent years as well, showing how musical superstars like Luciano Pavarotti, PlÃ¡cido Domingo, and Kathleen Battle have electrified performances and scandalized the public. But most revelatory are Fiedlerâ€™s portrayals of James Levine and Joseph Volpe and their practically parallel ascendanciesâ€”Levine rising from prodigy to artistic director, Volpe advancing from stagehand to general managerâ€”and their once strained relationship. Weaving together the personal, economic, and artistic struggles that characterize the Metâ€™s long and vibrant history, Molto Agitato is a must-read saga of power, wealth, and, above all, great music.
Country USA
Brand Anchor Books
Manufacturer Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781400032310
Color Brown
ReleaseDate 2003-09-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400032310

Country	USA
Brand	Anchor Books
Manufacturer	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781400032310
Color	Brown
ReleaseDate	2003-09-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781400032310

Molto Agitato: The Mayhem Behind the Music at the Metropolitan Opera

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