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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 28 Collections and/or Records:

Box 103: Clippings, Programs, and Notes, 1960-1970

 File — Box M123.0103: Series M123.01 [Barcode: U186018619515]
Identifier: M123.01.0103
Abstract

(20) file folders, include: administrative files; clippings; programs; notes.

Dates: 1960-1970

Box 239: Production and Event Files, 1873-1955

 File — Box M123.0239: Series M123.06 [Barcode: U186024329890]
Identifier: M123.06.0239
Abstract This box contains photographs, print material, and other documents pertaining to productions and events from 1932-1955. Events included are luncheons and dinners, galas, Operalogue, Fashion Show, Yellow Rose Ball, and press parties. Productions include: Il Trovatore (1899), Camille (1932), The Merry Widow (1933), Othello (1934), Central City Nights (1935), A Doll's House (1937), Ruy Blas (1938), The Yeoman of the Guard (1939), The Bartered Bride (1940), Orpheus (1941), The Barber of Seville...
Dates: 1873-1955

Box 240: Production and Event Files, 1956-1963

 File — Box M123.0240: Series M123.06 [Barcode: U186024329905]
Identifier: M123.06.0240
Abstract This box contains photographs, programs, print material, and other documents pertaining to productions and events from 1956-1963. Events included are luncheons and dinners, galas, Operalogue, Fashion Show, Yellow Rose Ball, and press parties. Productions include: The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956), The Lark (1956), Tosca (1956), Separate Tables (1957), Rigoletto (1957), The Gypsy Baron (1957), La Perichole (1958), Cavalleria Rusticana (1958), I Pagliacci (1958), And Perhaps Happiness (1958), The...
Dates: 1956-1963

Box 241: Production and Event Files, 1964-1966

 File — Box M123.0241: Series M123.06 [Barcode: U186024329913]
Identifier: M123.06.0241
Abstract This box contains photographs, programs, print material, and other documents pertaining to productions and events from 1964-1966. Events included are luncheons and dinners, galas, Operalogue, Fashion Show, Yellow Rose Ball, and press parties. Productions include: Barefoot in the Park (1964), Madame Butterfly (1964), The Lady from Colorado (1964), Lakme (1965), Manon (1965), Any Wednesday (1965), Barber of Seville (1965), Carmen (1966), The Ballad of Baby Doe (1966), The Italian Girl in...
Dates: 1964-1966

Box 242: Production and Event Files, 1967-1974

 File — Box M123.0242: Series M123.06 [Barcode: U186024329921]
Identifier: M123.06.0242
Abstract This box contains photographs, programs, print material, and other documents pertaining to productions and events from 1967-1974. Events included are luncheons and dinners, galas, Operalogue, Fashion Show, Yellow Rose Ball, and press parties. Prodcutions include: Cactus Flower (1967), Don Pasquale (1967), A Masked Ball (1967), The Merry Widow (1967), There's a Girl in my Soup (1968), D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (1968), Die Fledermaus (1969), Tosca (1969), Plaza Suite (1969), Forty Carats...
Dates: 1967-1974

Box 243: Production and Event Files, 1975-1977

 File — Box M123.0243: Series M123.06 [Barcode: U186024329939]
Identifier: M123.06.0243
Abstract This box contains photographs, programs, print material, and other documents pertaining to productions and events from 1975-1977. Events included are luncheons and dinners, galas, Operalogue, Fashion Show, Yellow Rose Ball, and press parties. Productions include: The Four Ruffians or School for Fathers (1975), Aida (1975), Scipio Africanus (1975), Don Giovanni (1975), The Ballad of Baby Doe (1976), La Boheme (1976), Capriccio (1976), The Bartered Bride (1977), Die Fledermaus (1977), and A...
Dates: 1975-1977

Box 248: Production and Event Files, 1978

 File — Box M123.0248: Series M123.06 [Barcode: U186024329947]
Identifier: M123.06.0248
Abstract This box contains photographs, programs, print material, and other documents pertaining to productions and events from 1978. Events included are luncheons and dinners, galas, Operalogue, Fashion Show, Yellow Rose Ball, and press parties. Productions include: Annual Membership Meeting, Bohemian Girl, Don Pasquale, The Face on the Barroom Floor, Gianna Schicci, Spencer Penrose Scholarship Competition, Opera Memos, Jazz Festival, Salome, and Sunday Excursions. All materials are not available...
Dates: 1978

Box 249: Production and Event Files, 1979

 File — Box M123.0249: Series M123.06 [Barcode: U186024329997]
Identifier: M123.06.0249
Abstract This box contains photographs, programs, print material, and other documents pertaining to productions and events from 1979. Events included are luncheons and dinners, galas, Operalogue, Fashion Show, Yellow Rose Ball, and press parties. Productions and Events include: Season Press Release, Annual Meeting, The Circle, The Miracle Worker, Soyazhe, The Merry Widow, The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, A Month in the Country, Bella Lewitzky Dance Company, Black River, The Face on the...
Dates: 1979

Box 250: Production and Event Files, 1980-1981

 File — Box M123.0250: Series M123.06 [Barcode: U186024330003]
Identifier: M123.06.0250
Abstract This box contains photographs, programs, print material, and other documents pertaining to productions and events from 1980-1981. Events included are luncheons and dinners, galas, Operalogue, Fashion Show, Yellow Rose Ball, and press parties. Productions include: Lucia di Lammermoor (1980), Postcard from Morocco (1980), Candide (1980), Der Vampry (1980), Hay Fever (1980), Buried Child (1980), Something for the Palace (1980), Madame Butterfly (1981), The Ballad of Baby Doe (1981), Fables...
Dates: 1980-1981

Box 251: Production and Event Files, 1982-1987

 File — Box M123.0251: Series M123.06 [Barcode: U186024330011]
Identifier: M123.06.0251
Abstract This box contains photographs, programs, print material, and other documents pertaining to productions and events from 1982-1986. Events included are luncheons and dinners, galas, Operalogue, Fashion Show, Yellow Rose Ball, and press parties. Productions include: Central City Opera Night (1982), Opera Pops, The Student Prince, Rigoletto, Cinderella, Madame Butterfly (1986), La Boheme (1986), Naughty Maria (1986), The Barber of Seville (1986), The Bartered Bride (1987), Don Pasquale (1987),...
Dates: 1982-1987

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