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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

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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 873 Collections and/or Records:

Brooks McCormack in ''Madame Butterfly''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0009.00009
Abstract

Portrait of Brooks McCormack, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1946 production of "La Traviata" and the 1950 production of "Madame Butterfly", appears as Lt. Pinkerton in the opera ''Madame Butterfly.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Brooks McCormack in ''Madame Butterfly''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0009.00010
Abstract

Portrait of Brooks McCormack, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1946 production of "La Traviata" and the 1950 production of "Madame Butterfly", appears as Lt. Pinkerton in the opera ''Madame Butterfly.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Brooks McCormack in ''Rigoletto''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0009.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Brooks McCormack, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1946 production of "La Traviata" and the 1950 production of "Madame Butterfly", appears as the Duke in the opera ''Rigoletto.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Brooks McCormack in ''Rigoletto''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0009.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Brooks McCormack, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1946 production of "La Traviata" and the 1950 production of "Madame Butterfly", appears as the Duke in the opera ''Rigoletto.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Brooks McCormack in ''Rigoletto''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0009.00006
Abstract

Portrait of Brooks McCormack, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1946 production of "La Traviata" and the 1950 production of "Madame Butterfly", appears as the Duke in the opera ''Rigoletto.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Brooks McCormack in ''Rigoletto''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0009.00007
Abstract

Portrait of Brooks McCormack, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1946 production of "La Traviata" and the 1950 production of "Madame Butterfly", appears as the Duke in the opera ''Rigoletto.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Brooks McCormack with Sir Toby the Chimpanzee

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0009.00008
Abstract

Informal portrait of Brooks McCormack, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera and the Chicago Opera Company who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1946 production of "La Traviata" and the 1950 production of "Madame Butterfly", with Sir Toby the chimpanzee from the Cincinnati Zoo.

Dates: 1930-1969

Carlton Gauld Head Shot, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0011.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Carlton Gauld, a bass-baritone singer who performed the title role of Don Pasquale with the Central City Opera during the 1951 season in the production of "Don Pasquale."

Dates: 1951

Carlton Gauld Wearing a Hat, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Carlton Gauld, a bass-baritone singer who performed the title role of Don Pasquale with the Central City Opera during the 1951 in the production of "Don Pasquale".

Dates: 1951

Cast and Set of the Merry Widow, 1933

 Item
Identifier: M123.02.0003.0001.00001
Abstract

Cast and set of the Central City Opera production of The Merry Widow. The show was put on during the 1933 season from August 5-9th in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1933

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