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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 2694 Collections and/or Records:

Act III of ''And Perhaps Happiness'', 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0005.00014
Abstract

Left to right, Mason Alan Dinehart as Jonathan, William Hughes as Aaron, Dick Marion as Harry and Barbara Moore as Sylvia perform together in act III of the 1958 Central City Opera production of Thomas Hornsby Ferril's ''And Perhaps Happiness.''

Dates: 1958

Adelaide Bishop

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Adelaide Bishop, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1949 season in "Die Fledermaus", 1950 in "Don Pasquale", 1951 in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Dont Pasquale" and also in 1954 in "Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1930-1969

Adelaide Bishop, Affiliated with the Productions ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust,'' and Son, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00020
Abstract

Adelaide Bishop, a performer in the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust,'' with her second son Peyton.

Dates: 1954

Adelaide Bishop and Unidentified Affiliates, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00020
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Adelaide Bishop (CCOH performer, soprano) and a group of unidentified affiliates gather in an unknonw location as part of an unknown Central City Opera Festival.

Dates: 1951

Adelaide Bishop and Unidentified Affiliates, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00021
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Adelaide Bishop (center, CCOH performer, soprano) and a group of unidentified affiliates gather in an unknonw location as part of the 1951 Central City Opera Festival.

Dates: 1951

Adelaide Bishop and Unidentified Affiliates, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00022
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Adelaide Bishop (second from right, CCOH performer, soprano) and a group of unidentified affiliates gather in an unknonw location as part of the 1951 Central City Opera Festival.

Dates: 1951

Adelaide Bishop Central City Head Shot

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0002.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Adelaide Bishop, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1949 season in "Die Fledermaus", 1950 in "Don Pasquale", 1951 in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Dont Pasquale" and also in 1954 in "Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1930-1969

Adelaide Bishop Head Shot

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0002.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Adelaide Bishop, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1949 season in "Die Fledermaus", 1950 in "Don Pasquale", 1951 in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Dont Pasquale" and also in 1954 in "Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1930-1969

Adelaide Bishop in Costume

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0002.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Adelaide Bishop, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1949 season in "Die Fledermaus", 1950 in "Don Pasquale", 1951 in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Dont Pasquale" and also in 1954 in "Ariadne auf Naxos." in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1930-1969

Adelaide Bishop in Dressing Room for ''Faust'', 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00006
Abstract

Adelaide Bishop in the dressing room and in costume as Marguerite for the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Faust'' surrounded by three unidentified men.

Dates: 1954

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