Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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 40 Collections and/or Records:
Anna Kaskas in ''Il Trovatore''
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.''
Ballad of Baby Doe Cast, 1956
Martha Lipton, Walter cassel, and Dolores Wilson (from right to left) make up the cast of the 1956 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe', looking over score with musical director Emerson Buckley (left)
Ballad of Baby Doe Cast and Crew Take a Bow, between 1956-1959
Central City Opera Chorus Member
Portrait of an unidentified member of the Central City Opera chorus.
Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe Wedding Celebration Scene, 1956-1959
Walter Cassel and Dolores Wilson portray Horace and Baby Doe Tabor in the wedding celebration scene of a production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
Central City Opera's the Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959
Clifford Harvuot (front and left of center with mustache) appears as Horace Tabor, with Mary McMurray (Augusta Tabor) and Osie Hawkins (footman), in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe" at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
Central City Publicity for "The Merry Widow" Vol 2, Book 2; Biographies of the Stars etc., 1933
Chester Ludgin as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959
Chester Ludgin poses for a publicity photograph. Ludgin appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe," performed in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
Dean Hutchings, 1951
Portrait of Dean Hutchings, a member of the Central City Opera chorus who performed in the 1951 production fo 'Romeo and Juliet' as Gregorio.
Delos Chappell
Portrait of Delos Chappell; affiliated with the Central City Opera.
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