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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

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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 3 Collections and/or Records:

Anna Kaskas in ''Il Trovatore''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0006.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Anna Kaskas, a contralto singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1939 production of "The Yeoman of the Guard" and the 1941 production of "Orfeo et Eurdice.", appears in the Metropolitan Opera production as Azucena in the opera ''Il Travatore.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Julie Harris

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0008.00010
Abstract

Portrait of Julie Harris, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Joan fo Arc in the 1956 opera ''The Lark.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Mark Daniels, 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0003.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mark Daniels, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1936 production of "The Gondonliers" and the 1939 production of "The Yeoman of the Guard."

Dates: 1939

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