The Opera Cooks (Hardback)

In this unique cookery book, 64 top stars of opera from 26 nations prove their cooking talents – slicing, dicing, quartering and mixing everything under the sun to create their favourite dishes. Featuring more than 600 photos, 64 personal and handwritten recipes in the artists' native languages, and the secrets of their eating preferences and kitchen tips.

The humorous portraits display the opera stars' passion for cooking, and wine suggestions from the world's best wineries accompany each of the artists' recipes.

The elite of the opera world inivited to the table:

Roberto Alagna, Fabio Armiliato, Lado Ataneli, Janina Baechle, Ekaterina Bakanova, Piotr Beczala, Barbara Bonney, Johan Botha, Lawrence Brownlee, Heidi Brunner, Joseph Calleja, José Carreras, Diana Damrau, Annette Dasch, Danielle De Niese, Angela Denoke, Natalie Dessay, Daniela Dessi, Joyce DiDonato, Adrian Eröd, Giuseppe Filianotti, Renée Fleming, Juan Diego Flórez, Barbara Frittoli, Ferruccio Furlanetto, George Gagnidze, Elina Garanca, Angela Gheorghiu, Marcello Giordani, Thomas Hampson, Anja Harteros, Tamar Iveri, Vesselina Kasarova, Jonas Kaufmann, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Adriana Kucerová, Aleksandra Kurzak, Salvatore Licitra, Nino Machaidze, Ambrogio Maestri, Peter Mattei, Akiko Nakajima, Anna Netrebko, René Pape, Adrianne Pieczonka, Luca Pisaroni, Matthias Rexroth, Kurt Rydl, Michael Schade, Shenyang, Neil Shicoff, Bo Skovhus, Nina Stemme, Krassimira Stoyanova, Kurt Streit, Bryn Terfel, Rainer Trost, Natalia Ushakova, Juha Uusitalo, Ramón Vargas, Deborah Voigt, Anne Sofie von Otter and Markus Werba.