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A conversation with guest host Bob Simon and manager...
with Joseph Volpe on May 24, 2006
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with Joseph Volpe on May 24, 2006
Joseph Volpe was general manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1990-2006.
Joseph Volpe grew up in Long Island, New York and opened his own auto mechanic business in high school.
In lieu of college, he joined the Metropolitan Opera in August 1964 as an apprentice carpenter. Volpe became the company’s master carpenter in 1966 and was named technical director in 1978.
Volpe became general manager in August 1990. He was the first head of the Metropolitan Opera to advance from within the ranks of the company’s management. For the past four years he has taught a course at Stern entitled Managing in the Performing Arts.
Volpe was replaced as general manager by Peter Gelb on August 1, 2006. After leaving the Met, Volpe joined Giuliani Partners, the firm founded by the former New York City mayor after he left office, as a senior vice president. His job is to bring in cultural clients, manage non-cultural projects, and draw on the many contacts he made through opera.
