The Portable Kobbe's Opera Guide

by Gustav Kobbé, George Henry Hubert Lascelles, Harewood

Provides concise summaries of librettos, brief descriptions of music, and highlights from the performance history of all the major operas

Genres: Music

470 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 27, 1994

About the author

Gustav Kobbé, M.A. was an American music critic and author, best known for his guide to the operas, The Complete Opera Book, first published (posthumously) in the United States in 1919 and the United Kingdom in 1922.

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

A handy, small-size guide to all the opera's you're ever likely to want to see or listen to, with plot outlines and brief synopses. Take it with you and save on the official programme... I pop down to Covent Garden occasionally when there's something on. The first opera I fell in love with was Aida. Also like Don Carlos and The Magic Flute, which sometimes comes round at Christmas. I've been listening to Handel operas on All Opera Musick, an US radio station I found on Itunes on my desktop just a few weeks ago. Good background noise...