Noisy at the Wrong Times
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The uplifting story of a different kind of education - 'Hugely entertaining and inspiring' The Sunday Times
'Hugely entertaining and inspiring' The Sunday Times
One of The Sunday Times' 100 biographies to loveThe inspirational and colourful memoir of Michael Volpe, the general manager of Opera Holland Park. The son of Italian immigrants, he and his brothers were raised by his mother on a council estate in West London, before he attended Woolverstone Hall, a prestigious state boarding school designed to give bright inner city boys the opportunity of a public school education. Set against a backdrop of nuns, hit men, ice cream vans, rugby, gangsters, strict school masters and music, Noisy at the Wrong Times is the vibrant, funny, inspiring story of a boy who was given a chance - though whether he took it or not is another question...AS SEEN ON BBC ARTS' HIP HOP 2 OPERABuy now!
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- ISBN: 9781473629400
- Author: Michael Volpe
- Pub date: 24.11.15
- RRP: $29.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
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Michael Volpe
Michael Volpe, the youngest of four brothers, is from an Italian immigrant family and has three children; Leanora, Gianluca and Fiora. He is married to Sally Connew-Volpe and they live in London. Michael joined the Royal Borough Of Kensington and Chelsea in October 1989 after a period of working in the international hotel industry and founded Opera Holland Park in 1996. Michael is a Chelsea supporter, and fervent advocate of cultural engagement for all - neither of which are necessarily related.