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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 17 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

Duke Melody at the Piano

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0005.00001
Abstract

Duke Melody, a pianist at The Gold Nugget who worked with the Central City Opera, plays the piano.

Dates: 1930-1969

Duke Melody at the Piano

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0005.00002
Abstract

Duke Melody, a pianist from The Gold Nugget who worked with the Central City Opera, plays the piano.

Dates: 1930-1969

Duke Melody at the Piano

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0005.00003
Abstract

Duke Melody, a pianist from The Gold Nugget who worked with the Central City Opera, plays the piano.

Dates: 1930-1969

Felix Eyle, 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0012.00001
Abstract

Felix Eyle, a concert master from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera, plays the violin.

Dates: 1960

Jacques Posell, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0009.00006
Abstract

Jacques Posell, a member of the Central City Opera Orchestra in 1950, plays the bass.

Dates: 1952

Meredith Willson at the Piano with Husband Rini Willson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0009.00005
Abstract

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,' plays piano and sings with her husband Rini Willson.

Dates: 1930-1969

Meredith Willson Sings and Husband Rini Willson Plays Piano

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0009.00004
Abstract

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,' sings while her husband Rini Willson plays piano.

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

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