Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

Portrait of Joshua Hecht, a basso singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Romfis in the opera ''Aida'' and as Raimondo Bidebent in the opera ''Lucia di Lammermoor.''

Portrait of Joshua Hecht, a basso singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1957 production of "Rigoletto" and the 1960 production of "Lucia di Lammermoor."

Joshua Hecht, a basso singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1957 production of "Rigoletto" and the 1960 production of "Lucia di Lammermoor", looks at a book about the opera ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Portrait of Julie Harris, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Joan of Arc in the 1956 opera ''The Lark.''

Portrait of Julie Harris, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Joan fo Arc in the 1956 opera ''The Lark.''

Julie Harris, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Joan of Arc in the 1956 production of "The Lark", at the ''Colorado School of Mines Experimental Mine.''

Julie Harris, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Joan of Arc in the 1956 production "The Lark", inside a mine.

Julie Harris (right), an actress who performed the lead role of Joan of Arc with the Central City Opera in the 1956 production of 'The Lark', at dinner with an unidentified couple.

Julie Harris, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1956 production of "The Lark" in the role of Joan of Arc, accepts her honorary Master of Arts degree from Dr. Benjamin F. Wright, the president of Smith College.

Julie Harris (second from right), an actress who performed with the Central City Opera, at rehearsal for the opera ''The Lark'' in 1956 with production supervisor Bill Ross (left), producer Kermit Bloomgarden (second from left), James O'Rear (center) and Leo Ciceri (right).