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150 years of opera in Chicago
Robert C. Marsh, Norman Pellegrini (Editor)
Publisher: DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2006.
ISBN: 0875803539   LCC: ML1711.8  

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]) and index.

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

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LCC Number: ML1711.8

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: xiv, 316 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

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