Harewood, George (Henry Hubert Lascelles), 7th Earl of
Harewood, George (Henry Hubert Lascelles), 7th Earl of (b London, 1923). Eng. opera administrator, writer, and editor. Enthusiasm for opera intensified in It. when prisoner of war. Assoc. with EOG from its inception. Founded magazine Opera 1950 (ed. 1950–3). Board of dir. CG 1951–3 and 1969–72, controller of opera planning 1953–60. Dir., Leeds Fest. 1958–74; dir., Edinburgh Fest. 1961–5. Man. dir. SW Opera (ENO) 1972–85, chairman 1986–95. Art. dir. Adelaide Fest. 1988. Ed., 8th and 9th and 10th edns. of Kobbé's Complete Opera Book, 1954, 1976, and 1987; Kobbé's Illustrated Opera Book (1989); autobiography The Tongs and the Bones (1982). KBE 1986.
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