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150 years of opera in Chicago /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marsh, Robert C. (Robert Charles)
Other Authors: Pellegrini, Norman
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Opera > Illinois > Chicago.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • 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.