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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 197 Collections and/or Records:

Sheila Barrett, 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0008.00001
Abstract

Informal portrait of Sheila Barrett, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1937

Sheila Barrett, 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0008.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Sheila Barrett, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, at the Teller House night club durring the 1937 Central City Festival.

Dates: 1937

Stanley Carlson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Stanley Carlson, a bass-baritone opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Steve Allen

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0010.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Steve Allen; affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1940-1969

Tibor Kozma at Rehearsal

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0019.00003
Abstract

Tibor Kozma, a musical director and conductor who worked with the Central City Opera, conducts rehearsals. Irene Kahn at the piano, singing is James Pease (left), Genevieve Warner (center) and Michael Bondon (right).

Dates: 1930-1969

Tibor Kozma at Rehearsal

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0019.00004
Abstract

Tibor Kozma, a musical director and conductor who worked with the Central City Opera, conducts rehearsals. Irene Kahn at the piano, singing is James Pease (left), Genevieve Warner (center) and Michael Bondon (right).

Dates: 1930-1969

Tom Ewell, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0011.00001
Abstract

Informal portrait of Tom Ewell, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1959 production of 'The Gazebo."

Dates: 1959

Tom Ewell, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0011.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Tom Ewell, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1959 production of 'The Gazebo.'

Dates: 1959

Tom Ewell, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0011.00006
Abstract

Portrait of Tom Ewell, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1959 production of 'The Gazebo.'

Dates: 1959

Tom Ewell, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0011.00007
Abstract

Portrait of Tom Ewell, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1959 production of 'The Gazebo.'

Dates: 1959

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