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 2694 Collections and/or Records:
''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965
Portrait of (from left to right) Edwina Eustis as Bertha, Louis D'Angelo as Doctor Bartolo, Nino Ruisi as Ambrogio, and Jon Brownlee as Figaro for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''
''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965
Unidentified performers appear in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''
''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965
Unidentified performers appear in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''
Barber of Seville, 1941-1965, 1941-1965
This folder contains photos from Central City's production of the Barber of Seville.
Barre Hill in ''The Gondoliers'', 1936
Barre Hill, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, appears as Luiz in the 1936 opera ''The Gondoliers.''
Bartered Bride, 1940, 1940
This folder contains photos of the Central City Opera House production of Bartered Bride.
Beatrice Krebs, 1966
Portrait of Beatrice Krebs, a mezzo-contralto singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1956 world premiere of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' as Mama Court.
Beatrice Krebs in 'The Ballad of Baby Doe', 1966
Beatrice Krebs (right), a mezzo-contralto singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1956 world premiere of 'The Ballad of Baby doe', appears in 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' with Leyna Gabriele.
Benjamin Rayson
Portrait of Benjamin Rayson, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Jack Rance in 'The Girl of the Golden west' and as Marcello in 'La Boheme' during the 1962 season, as the Count di Luna in 'Il Trovatore' in 1963 and as Count Johan Ankerstrom in 'A Masked Ball' in 1967.'
Benjamin Rayson
Portrait of Benjamin Rayson, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Jack Rance in 'The Girl of the Golden west' and as Marcello in 'La Boheme' during the 1962 season, as the Count di Luna in 'Il Trovatore' in 1963 and as Count Johan Ankerstrom in 'A Masked Ball' in 1967.'
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