| | | | | TimesTalks - Inside Opera Author: Beverly Sills, Joseph Volpe, and John Rockwell
Format: Audio Download
Audio Length: 1 hour and 13 min.
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$8.95
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Publisher's Summary: Beverly Sills is known worldwide for her talents both on stage and off. As Chairwoman of Lincoln Center from 1994 to 2002, she was a prolific fundraiser as well as catalyst for "Jazz at Lincoln Center," the Lincoln Center Festival, the annual pre-Mostly Mozart concert and the Lincoln Center Redevelopment Plan. She is also known as a star of the world's great opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera, the San Francisco Opera, Milan's La Scala, London's Covent Garden, The Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the Vienna State Opera, the Deutsche Opera in West Berlin, La Fenice in Venice and San Carlo in Naples.Joseph Volpe, the Metropolitan Opera's general manager since 1990, became the first head of the Met to advance from within the ranks of the company's management, having joined the Metropolitan Opera in August 1964 as an apprentice carpenter. Mr. Volpe is committed to bringing the world's premier singers, conductors, directors and designers to the Met, in addition to cultivating and nurturing young American talent. John Rockwell is the senior cultural correspondent of The New York Times. Mr. Rockwell left The Times in 1994 to become the first director of the Lincoln Center Festival. He rejoined the paper in 1998, serving until 2002 as editor of the Sunday Arts and Leisure section. A fascinating look into how the artistic and business decisions are made at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. In an informal and humorous discussion, Sills and Volpe talk about their wide experience at the Met and share their stories about the famous institution, its performers, and opera's increasingly popular appeal. Fans who listen to this conversation will feel as if they have gotten a backstage tour with some of opera's leading figures. |
