Gustav Kobbé fue un crítico musical y autor estadounidense, reconocido por su exhaustiva guía al mundo de la ópera. Su obra es celebrada por su profundidad y exploración detallada del arte operístico. La escritura de Kobbé sirve como un recurso esencial para los entusiastas de la ópera que buscan una comprensión profunda del género. Su legado perdurable se consolida a través de su guía seminal, que estableció un punto de referencia para la literatura musical.
Thirty-two of the World's Best-loved Operas - Revised, Expanded Edition
The volume examines in detail the nuances of each of the twenty-six operas included, from descriptions of plot and character to brief performance histories and critical analyses designed to help the novice operagoer understand the strengths and weaknesses of each piece.
There are lots of books that detail operatic plots, but this is the classic. It offers more than most such guides including historic background and musical examples of major themes. Now revised, this is a good first resource for the operagoer who wants to know exactly what s/he is going to see and hear.