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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:

Walter Fredericks as Canio, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0045.0010.00001
Abstract

Walter Fredericks, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1958 production of ' I Pagliacci', appears as Canio in 'I Pagliacci.'

Dates: 1958

Walter Fredericks as Canio, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0045.0010.00002
Abstract

Walter Fredericks, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1958 production of ' I Pagliacci', appears as Canio in 'I Pagliacci.'

Dates: 1958

Walter Slezak, 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0061.0020.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Walter Slezak, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the play ''A Doll's House'' as Torvald Helmer.

Dates: 1937

Walter Slezak, 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0061.0020.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Walter Slezak, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the play ''A Doll's House'' as Torvald Helmer.

Dates: 1937

Walter Taussig, 1958-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0063.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Walter Taussig, a chorus master and conductor from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera as the assistant music director for six seasons.

Dates: 1958-1959

Walter Taussig, 1958-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0063.0002.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Walter Taussig, a chorus master and conductor from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera as the assistant music director for six seasons.

Dates: 1958-1959

Walter Taussig and Unidentified Affiliates

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Identifier: M123.03.0082.0001.00004
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Walter Taussig (music director) seated on set with three unidentified affiliates for an unknown production at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Welcome Event for Central City Festival, 1966-1967

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Identifier: M123.03.0083.0006.00006
Abstract

Black and white photograph of unidentified CCOH affiliates at a welcome event for unknown Central City Festival on Saturday June 27.

Dates: 1966-1967

Wendell Corey and Fay Roope in 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial', 1954

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Identifier: M123.03.0071.0004.00001
Abstract

Photograph of Wendell Corey (front) as Greenwald, addresses the Court-Martial presided over by Fay Roope(seated above, center), a Capt. Blakely and the 'Silent-Six' in a scene from the 1954 Central City production of 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.'

Dates: 1954

Wendell Corey in 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'

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Identifier: M123.03.0071.0003.00021
Abstract

Portrait of actor Wendell Corey who performed as Lt. Barney Greenwald in the 1954 Central City production of 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.'

Dates: 1954

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