Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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 2401 Collections and/or Records:
All American Chorus Members with the Sign Advertising the Show ''Bus Stop''
Members of The All American Chorus in front of a large bus with a sign advertising their show ''Bus Stop'' performed at Central City.
All American Chorus Performing in White Tuxedos
The All American Chorus performs on stage in white tuxedos.. Concert included works by John Philip Sousa (March, King Cotton), Franz Schubert (Overture to Rosamunde), Leo delibes (Ballet Music from Coppelia), Liszt-Saylor (Second Hungarian Rhapsody, performed y the trumpet Sextette), J.J. Richards (March, Shield of Liberty), and Louis Grossman (Czards from Der Geist des Woiwoden).
All American Chorus Singing Around a Piano
Members of The All American Chorus gather around a grand piano and sing together.
Allen Smith
Portrait of Allen Smith, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Spoletta in the opera ''Tosca.''
Alumni Luncheon, 1965 July 3
Emerson Buckley (far left), Frank Ricketson Jr. (center) and other unidentified guests at the Central City Opera alumni luncheon on July 3, 1965.
Alumni Luncheon, 1965 July 3
Frank Ricketson Jr. (seated in striped suit coat) and unidentified guest standing at the head table at the Central City Opera alumni luncheon on July 3, 1965.
Alumni Luncheon, 1965 July 3
Frank Ricketson Jr. (far right), Emerson Buckley (third from right) and other unidentified guests linking arms at the Central City Opera alumni luncheon on July 3, 1965.
Alumni Meeting, 1966
Emerson Buckley (seated, far left) Hanya Holm (standing, left) and Frank Ricketson Jr. (standing, right) at the head table at the Central City Opera Alumni Meeting in 1966.
Alwin Nikolais
Portrait of Alwin Nikolais, a dance coreographer and composer who worked with the Central City Opera.
''And Perhaps Happiness'', 1958
Barbara O'Neil (sitting in wheelchair) and unidentified female performers sing together in the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness.''
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