New Kobbe's Complete Opera Book 1976 Reference Music History

Immerse yourself in the definitive guide to classical vocal performance, theatrical storytelling, and operatic history. This massive, authoritative compendium details the essential plot synopses, musical arrangements, and production backgrounds for hundreds of the world's most celebrated operas across centuries of composition. This listing features a preowned 1976 hardcover edition of The New Kobbe's Complete Opera Book, edited and revised by the Earl of Harewood and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Spanning 1694 pages, this volume comes complete with its original blue dust jacket housed inside a clear plastic cover, protecting the clean, deep maroon cloth boards underneath. The book is in very nice pre-owned condition, featuring a strong square spine, crisp pages, and a solid text block, with only a small handwritten previous owner name and date on the first page as noted in the admin images. Ideal for music scholars, directors, or collectors of classical arts literature, this vital opera reference book sells as is.