{"product_id":"chicagos-miniature-grand-operas-9780921845577","title":"Chicago's Miniature Grand Operas","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Luman Coad\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Charlemagne Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Charlemagne Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than eighty years Chicago has been home to several unique miniature grand operas. In 1935 Ernest Wolff and his mother premiered the Chicago Puppet Opera Company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1941 the theatre was installed as after-dinner entertainment at Fredrik Chramer's Kungsholm Scandinavian Restaurant. When the theatre was destroyed in 1947, a 208 seat jewel-box opera house was created as the state-of-the-art home to the unique rod puppets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Kungsholm Miniature Grand Opera closed in 1971 but William Fosser's Opera in Focus continues the miniature opera genre in a Chicago suburb. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the story of these three entrepreneurs and their determination to create grand opera. The book includes a study of the puppets' construction and manipulation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46418115952791,"sku":"9780921845577","price":3621.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780921845577.webp?v=1769069952","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/chicagos-miniature-grand-operas-9780921845577","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}