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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 5 Collections and/or Records:

Don Elliott

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Don Elliot, a composer who worked with the Central City Opera and wrote the music for the theater piece ''A Thurber Carnival.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Meredith Willson with Husband Rini Willson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0009.00002
Abstract

Informal portrait of Meredith Willson, a conductor and composer who worked with the Central City Opera on the 1961 production' A Evening of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson', with her husband Rini Willson at an airport.

Dates: 1930-1969

Meredith Willson with Husband Rini Willson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0009.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Meredith Willson, a conductor and composer who worked with the Central City Opera on the 1961 production' A Evening of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson,' with her husband Rini Willson.

Dates: 1930-1969

Tibor Kozma at Rehearsal

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0019.00003
Abstract

Tibor Kozma, a musical director and conductor who worked with the Central City Opera, conducts rehearsals. Irene Kahn at the piano, singing is James Pease (left), Genevieve Warner (center) and Michael Bondon (right).

Dates: 1930-1969

Tibor Kozma at Rehearsal

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0019.00004
Abstract

Tibor Kozma, a musical director and conductor who worked with the Central City Opera, conducts rehearsals. Irene Kahn at the piano, singing is James Pease (left), Genevieve Warner (center) and Michael Bondon (right).

Dates: 1930-1969

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