150 years of opera in Chicago /
Marsh, Robert C.(Robert Charles)
Pellegrini, Norman.
DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press,
c2006.
"Enlivened with nearly a hundred illustrations, 150 Years of Opera in Chicago embraces its subject enthusiastically. This overview is supplemented with a complete list of all the professional opera performances in Chicago, from 1850 to 2005"--Book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]) and index.
The roots of a tradition, 1850-1864 -- The Crosby years, 1865-1871 -- A tradition rebuilt, 1872-1889 -- The Met West, 1884-1910 -- A new tradition, 1910-1929 -- The Ravinia opera, 1912-1931 -- A new theater, 1929-1947 -- New York takes over, 1943-1954 -- The Lyric Theater, 1954-1955 -- The Fox years, 1956-1981 -- The Krainik years, 1981-1997 -- A new beginning, 1997-2000 -- A changing repertory over the first 150 years -- Paying the bills and broadening the audience.
"Enlivened with nearly a hundred illustrations, 150 Years of Opera in Chicago embraces its subject enthusiastically. This overview is supplemented with a complete list of all the professional opera performances in Chicago, from 1850 to 2005"--Book jacket.
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150 years of opera in Chicago.