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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:

''Aida'' performers in costume, 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0002.00015
Abstract

Three dancers in costume perform in the Central City Opera production of ''Aida.''

Dates: 1960

Alan Dinehart, Barbara Moore and Richard Gaines in ''And Perhaps Happiness'', 1958

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Identifier: M123.03.0068.0005.00006
Abstract

Mason Alan Dinehart as Jonathan, Barbara Moore as Sylvia and Richard Gaines as Horace Greely in the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness.''

Dates: 1958

Alan Dinehart, Dick Marion and Barbara Moore in ''And Perhaps Happiness'', 1958

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Identifier: M123.03.0068.0005.00007
Abstract

Barbara Moore (left) as Sylvia, Mason Alan Dinehart (center) as Jack and Dick Marion (right) as Harry in the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness.''

Dates: 1958

Alan Dinehart in an Unidentified Production

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Identifier: M123.03.0043.0017.00001
Abstract

Alan Dinehart (left), 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 Dinehart in an Unidentified Production

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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 Dinehart in ''Hot Angel''

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Identifier: M123.03.0043.0017.00003
Abstract

Alan Dinehart, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in the film ''Hot Angel.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Alan Styler in 'Trial by Jury', 1955

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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

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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

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