Download or read book The Toughest Show on Earth written by Joseph Volpe and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 2006 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the occasion of his retirement from The Metropolitan Opera--where, as general manager since 1990, he was New York's most powerful and outspoken culture czar--Volpe gives an incomparable, behind-the-scenes look at this grandest of grand opera companies.