The New Pocket Kobbe’s Opera Book

Kobbe is the world’s leading reference work on opera, and (in the words of Bernard Levin) ‘no single-volume operatic guide can possibly compare with it’. But The New Kobbe’s Opera Book, edited by the Earl of Harewood and Anthony Peattie, is a large and relatively expensive book. This condensed edition has all the essential information at your fingertips on over 200 operas – all those currently in the repertoire of the world’s leading opera companies, as well as many that are more rarely performed. For most operas there is a full summary of the plot and libretto, a brief commentary on the music, and details of its performance history.The work of editing and condensing has been carried out by the Earl of Harewood, assisted by Michael Shmith.