{"product_id":"150-years-of-opera-in-chicago-9780875803531","title":"150 Years of Opera in Chicago","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocuses on Chicago's love affair with opera. With hundred illustrations, this book offers an overview, which is supplemented with a complete list of all the professional opera performances in Chicago, from 1850 to 2005. It is suitable for people interested in music - especially opera - and the history of Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFact-packed, lively.... \u003ci\u003e150 Years of Opera in Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e radiates the affectionate and comprehensive knowledge of [Marsh and Pellegrini] about the most glamorous and expensive of the performing arts.\u003c\/p\u003e * Illinois Heritage *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine book. With the unusual stylishness of the writing and its fascinating subject... every line that you read demands that you keep going, and makes you read on and on.\u003c\/p\u003e * Opera Today *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssential reading.\u003c\/p\u003e * Chicago Tribune *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Author's Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1 The Roots of a Tradition, 1850–1864\u003cbr\u003e 2 The Crosby Years, 1865–1871\u003cbr\u003e 3 A Tradition Rebuilt, 1872–1889\u003cbr\u003e 4 The Met West, 1884–1910\u003cbr\u003e 5 A New Tradition, 1910–1929\u003cbr\u003e 6 The Ravinia Opera, 1912–1931\u003cbr\u003e 7 A New Theater, 1929–1947\u003cbr\u003e 8 New York Takes Over, 1943–1954\u003cbr\u003e 9 The Lyric Theater, 1954–1955\u003cbr\u003e 10 The Fox Years, 1956–1981\u003cbr\u003e 11 The Krainik Years, 1981–1997\u003cbr\u003e 12 A New Beginning, 1997–2000\u003cbr\u003e 13 A Changing Repertory over the First 150 Years\u003cbr\u003e 14 Paying the Bills and Broadening the Audience\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A—Overview of Chicago Opera Staging Organizations\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B—Annals of Opera in Chicago, 1850–2005\u003cbr\u003e —Index\u003cbr\u003e —Annals\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Permissions\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577716969815,"sku":"9780875803531","price":36.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875803531.jpg?v=1746096347","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/150-years-of-opera-in-chicago-9780875803531","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}