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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

 Organization

Biography

__ __ __Work cat.: The glory that was gold, 1992: t.p. (Central City Opera House) p. vii (built in 1878 in Central City, Colo.)

Biography

Central City Opera House is given to the University of Denver by the McFarlane family in 1932 (Ida Kruse McFarlane, Professor of English at DU, good friends with Anne Evans). The CCOHA was administered as a non-profit corporation during this time.

Sources

Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, 126.

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

Central City Opera House, after 1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0035.0001.00035
Abstract

Four young people can be seen sitting at a table beneath a sign that reads: ''Central City Opera House Association in Association with The Playwrights' Company and Frederick Brisson Presents The Twenty-Eitghth Play Festical Aug. 1st Through Aug. 29th 1959 Tom Ewell Jan Sterling in The Gazebo by Alec Coppel (From A Sotyr by Hyra and Alec Coppel) Directed by Jerome Chodoro Production Fron The Original Design By Jo Mielzine Costumes By Virginia Yolland.'' In Central City, Colorado.

Dates: after 1959

Central City Opera House, after 1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0035.0001.00036
Abstract Four young people can be seen sitting at a table near a sign that reads: ''[obscured] Playwrights' Company and Frederick Brisson Presents The Twenty-Eighth Play Festival Aug. 1st Through Aug. 29th 1959 Tom Ewell Jan Sterling in The Gazebo by Alec Coppel (From A Story by Hyra and Alec Coppel) Directed by Jerome Chodoro Production From The Original Design By Jo Mielzine Costumes By Virginia Yolland.'' Another sign reads: ''The Central City Opera House Assn. Presents Sixteenth Annual Festical...
Dates: after 1959

Central City Opera House, between 1932-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0035.0001.00037
Abstract

Young people congregate outside a building with a sign over it that reads: ''Assay Office Opera House Tickets Tours Information.'' In Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1932-2008

Central City Opera House, 1951

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0035.0001.00038
Abstract

Young people line up to go into a building in which Romeo and Juliet is, presumably, being put on. In Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1951

Central City Opera House, between 1932-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0035.0002.00001
Abstract

A woman pours a drink for a man. She is wearing a dress with an enourmous hoop-skirt. The text in the photo reads: ''Mary Costa Soprano Shaw Concerts, Inc. 1995 Broadway New York, N.Y. 10023.''

Dates: between 1932-2008

Central City Opera House, between 1932-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0035.0002.00002
Abstract

A woman in a white dress stands at the entrance of an ornate doorway on a large stage in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1932-2008

Central City Opera House, 1967

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Identifier: U201.01.0035.0002.00003
Abstract

The Opera House building in Central City, Colorado is pictured. Three signs can be seen that read: ''Opera House, Central City Opera House Property of The University of Denver Colorado Seminary, Central City Opera House Watch For Announcements Of The 1967 Festival.''

Dates: 1967

Central City Opera House, between 1932-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0035.0002.00004
Abstract

People gather around tables full of food. The tables also have sketches propped up on them. Picture of Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1932-2008

Central City Opera House, 1970 July 24

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Identifier: U201.01.0035.0002.00005
Abstract

A man and a woman in period costume embrace. Photograph taken in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1970 July 24

Central City Opera House, between 1932-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0035.0002.00006
Abstract

Scenes of people acting in constume on stage in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1932-2008

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