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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 674 Collections and/or Records:

Howe, Francesca in Fur, 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0010.00002
Abstract

Autographed portait of Francesca Howe, a coloratura soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1961 season in the productions "La Traviata" and "The Elixer of Love."

Dates: 1961

Hunt, Lois, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0013.00003
Abstract

Portait of Lois Hunt, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the title role of the opera ''La Perichole'' during the 1958 season.

Dates: 1958

Hunt, Lois Wearing Black Evening Gown, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0013.00002
Abstract

Portait of Lois Hunt, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the title role of the opera ''La Perichole'' during the 1958 season.

Dates: 1958

Hunt, Lois Wearing White Evening Gown, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0013.00001
Abstract

Portait of Lois Hunt, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the title role of the opera ''La Perichole'' during the 1958 season.

Dates: 1958

Igor Gorin

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Igor Gorin, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1948 production of 'The Tales of Hoffman."

Dates: 1948

Igor Gorin, 1948

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0002.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Igor Gorin, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1948 production of 'The Tales of Hoffman."

Dates: 1948

Irene Jordan, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Irene Jordan, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1957 season as Arsena in the opera ''The Gypsy Baron'' and as Gilda in the opera ''Rigoletto.''

Dates: 1957

Irene Jordan, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0002.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Irene Jordan, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1957 season as Arsena in the opera ''The Gypsy Baron'' and as Gilda in the opera ''Rigoletto.''

Dates: 1957

Irene Jordan, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0002.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Irene Jordan, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1957 season as Arsena in the opera ''The Gypsy Baron'' and as Gilda in the opera ''Rigoletto.''

Dates: 1957

Jack Harrold, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0010.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Jack Harrold, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1959 season in "Die Fledermaus" and "The Ballad of Baby Doe", in the 1969 season in "Die Fledermaus" and again in the 1972 season in the production od "1776".

Dates: 1959

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