Do I Bark Like a Dog?

How an Italian Family History Shaped a Boy in London

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Exploring his colourful, rich and often dramatic life in London and summers spent in southern Italy among his large extended family, Do I Bark Like a Dog? considers the roots of Volpe's identity. Delving into family secrets and lies, he discovers how extraordinary events filtered through time to propel his unlikely but successful career in opera.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-04-27
Mått216 x 134 x 22 mm
Vikt212 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor160
FörlagRenard Press Ltd
ISBN9781804470862

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Michael Volpe obe is a writer and opera company leader best known for founding Opera Holland Park. Born to an Italian immigrant family in London, Michael attended Woolverstone Hall school, where he explored his love of music and drama – an experience he wrote about in his memoir Noisy at the Wrong Times. In 1996 he founded Opera Holland Park, and became a specialist in late Italian opera. He retired from Holland Park in 2020, and was awarded an OBE for services to opera; he now leads the pioneering company If Opera. He lives in London with his wife and three children.