Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
Biography
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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 58 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred de Liagre, Jr., 1951
Portrait of Alfred de Liagre Jr., a producer and stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1951 opera season.
Ballad of Baby Doe Cast and Crew Take a Bow, between 1956-1959
Ballad of Baby Doe Dramatists and Directors, between 1956-1959
''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' dramatists and directors (left to right) Edward Levy (co-director), Hanya Holm (co-director and choreographer), Douglas Moore (composer), and John Latouche (librettist) pose for a publicity photograph at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. The Central City Opera House was the site of the 1956 world premiere of the opera ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''
Burgess Meredith
Portrait of Burgess Meredith, a director and producer who worked with the Central City Opera, directing the opera ''A Thurber Carnival.''
Christopher West, 1966
Portrait of Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on "The Lady from Colorado" and " Madame Butterfly."
Christopher West, 1966
Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on the productions "The Lady from Colorado" and "Madame Butterfly."
Christopher West at his Desk, 1966
Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on the productions "The Lady from Colorado" and "Madame Butterfly", works at his desk.
Christopher West at Work, 1966
Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on the productions "The Lady from Colorado" and "Madame Butterfly" , sits on stage with a pile of stage directions.
Costume Sketches
Sketches of costumes, drawn by Elemer Nagy, a stage director and set designer who worked with the Central City Opera from 1949-1957.
Dino Yannopoulos
Portrait of Dino Yannopoulos, a stage director from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera who came to central city to direct the production 'Ariadne auf Naxos.'
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