150 Years of Opera in Chicago

by NORMAN PELLEGRINI and Robert C. Marsh

Chicago's love affair with opera began early, in 1850, when the frontier town welcomed its first traveling opera singers. A full house applauded the opening performance, but during a repeat performance the next day, the theater burned to the ground. Nonetheless, Chicago had been bitten by the opera bug, and it has never lost its enthusiasm for the art.

More than sixty years--and many visiting opera companies--would pass before the city established...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875803539
• ISBN13: 9780875803531
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher