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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 2690 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas P. Martin

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0055.0015.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Martin, an opera director and conductor who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1970 season on the productions 'Of Mice and Men' and 'La Boheme.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Thomas P. Martin, 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0055.0015.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Martin, an opera director and conductor who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1970 season on the productions 'Of Mice and Men' and 'La Boheme.'

Dates: 1960

Thomas Palmer, 1966

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Identifier: M123.03.0058.0020.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Palmer, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera as an associate of Horace Tabor's in 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' in 1966 and as Marcello in 'La Boheme' in 1970.

Dates: 1966

Thomas Palmer, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0020.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Palmer, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera as an associate of Horace Tabor's in 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' in 1966 and as Marcello in 'La Boheme' in 1970.

Dates: 1966

Thomas Paul, 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0021.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Paul, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Commendatore in the 1963 production of 'Don Giovanni' and as Jack Spaniard in the 1964 premiere of 'The Lady from Colorado.'

Dates: 1963

Thomas Paul, 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0021.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Paul, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Commendatore in the 1963 production of 'Don Giovanni' and as Jack Spaniard in the 1964 premiere of 'The Lady from Colorado.'

Dates: 1963

Thomas Paul, 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0021.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Paul, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Commendatore in the 1963 production of 'Don Giovanni' and as Jack Spaniard in the 1964 premiere of 'The Lady from Colorado.'

Dates: 1963

Thomas Paul, 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0021.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Paul, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Commendatore in the 1963 production of 'Don Giovanni' and as Jack Spaniard in the 1964 premiere of 'The Lady from Colorado.'

Dates: 1963

Three Central City Affiliates In Front of Opera House, 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0003.00023
Abstract Photograph of three unidentified Central City affiliates stand in front of the billboard for the 1955 festival season. Billboard reads,"Central City Opera House assn. presents Twenty-fourth Annual Opera festival July 2-July 30, 1955. Direct from Londson, England The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Sir William Gilbert's and Sir Arthur Sullivan's imortal opera, ' the Mikado,' 'The Yeoman of the Guard,' 'Trial by Jury,' H.M.S. Pinafore,' Iolanthe,' musical director isodore Godfrey (illegible due...
Dates: 1955

Three Central City Affiliates In Front of Opera House, 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0003.00024
Abstract Photograph of four unidentified Central City affiliates stand in front of the billboard for the 1955 festival season. Billboard reads,"Central City Opera House assn. presents Twenty-fourth Annual Opera festival July 2-July 30, 1955. Direct from Londson, England The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Sir William Gilbert's and Sir Arthur Sullivan's imortal opera, ' the Mikado,' 'The Yeoman of the Guard,' 'Trial by Jury,' H.M.S. Pinafore,' Iolanthe,' musical director isodore Godfrey (illegible due...
Dates: 1955

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