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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 2547 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Dinehart in an Unidentified Production

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0017.00002
Abstract

Alan Dinehart (right), an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1958 production of '...And Perhaps Happiness', appears in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1930-1969

Alan Styler in 'Trial by Jury', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00010
Abstract

Photograph of Alan Styler as Counsel in the 1955 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'Trial by Jury' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955

Alan Styler in 'Trial by Jury', 1955

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Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00011
Abstract

Photograph of Alan Styler as Counsel in the 1955 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'Trial by Jury' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955

Alan Styler Signing Autographs, 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00023
Abstract

Photograph of Alan Styler signing autographs for Mary Ann Hill and Milton Hill. The hill's came from Famington N.M. with their parents Mr & Mrs. Byron M. hill, especially to see the D'Oyly Carte production of 'Iolanthe.'

Dates: 1955

Albert Salmi and Peggy Ann Garner in 'Bus Stop', 1955

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00004
Abstract

Albert Salmi as Bo Decker holds Peggy Ann Garner as Cherie in a scene from the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

Albert Salmi in 'Bus Stop', 1955

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00020
Abstract

Photograph of Albert Salmir, an actor who performed as Bo Decker in the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop,' watering a tree with a bottle of milk.

Dates: 1955

Alfred de Liagre, Jr., 1951

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Identifier: M123.03.0052.0003.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Alfred de Liagre Jr., a producer and stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1951 opera season.

Dates: 1951

Alice Yourman in 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

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Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00012
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Alice Yourman as Aunt Ev in a scene in the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

All American Chorus Members

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Identifier: M123.03.0068.0003.00008

All American Chorus Members

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Identifier: M123.03.0068.0003.00009

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