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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 6 Collections and/or Records:

Ballad of Baby Doe Cast and Crew Take a Bow, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00006
Abstract ''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' cast, dramatists, musicians, and directors take a bow after a performance at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. Front row, left to right: Douglas Moore (composer), Emerson Buckley (music director), Walter Cassel (baritone, portrayed Horace Tabor), Martha Lipton (mezzo-soprano, portrayed Augusta Tabor), Dolores Wilson (soprano, portrayed Elizabeth ''Baby Doe'' Tabor), John Latouche (librettist), Hanya Holm (co-director and choreographer),...
Dates: between 1956-1959

John Brownlee

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0011.00001
Abstract

John Brownlee, a baritone singer performed in the 1941 production of "The Barber of Seville" with the Cerntral City Opera House and then was the director for the 1965 opera season, converses with (left to right) Henry Lerber, Mrs. Frederick Jagel, Mrs. Brownlee and Frederick Jagel.

Dates: 1941-1965

John Brownlee, 1941

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0011.00002
Abstract

Portrait of John Brownlee, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in ''The Barber of Seville'' and returned to Central City in 1965 to direct the opera productions.

Dates: 1941

John Brownlee

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0011.00003
Abstract

Portrait of John Brownlee, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in ''The Barber of Seville'' and returned to Central City in 1965 to direct the opera productions.

Dates: 1941-1965

John Brownlee

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0011.00004
Abstract

Portrait of John Brownlee, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in ''The Barber of Seville'' and returned to Central City in 1965 to direct the opera productions.

Dates: 1941-1965

John Brownlee, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0011.00005
Abstract

Portrait of John Brownlee, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in ''The Barber of Seville'' and returned to Central City in 1965 to direct the opera productions.

Dates: 1965

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