{"product_id":"chicagos-unique-miniature-operas-luman-robert-coad-9780921845508","title":"Chicago's Unique Miniature Operas: Chicago Puppet Opera, Kungsholm Miniature Grand Opera, Opera in Focus","description":"\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\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luman Robert Coad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0921845502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780921845508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlemagne Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Luman Robert Coad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120439783679,"sku":"9780921845508","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7debac7-cfad-40ad-b4d7-52e8942e0a9d.jpg?v=1687414322","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chicagos-unique-miniature-operas-luman-robert-coad-9780921845508","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}