Alexandra Coghlan

Pure Puccini: an opera lover’s melodramatic family history

Flamboyant theatrics were part of Michael Volpe’s life as CEO of Opera Holland Park. But those of his feuding Italian relatives rival anything seen on stage

Michael Volpe.
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