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 1043 Collections and/or Records:
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Identifier: M123.03.0058.0013.00001
Abstract
Portrait of Charles O'Neill, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Radames in the 1960 production of 'Aida.'
Dates:
1960
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Identifier: M123.03.0058.0013.00002
Abstract
Portrait of Charles O'Neill, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Radames in the 1960 production of 'Aida.'
Dates:
1960
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Identifier: M123.03.0059.0011.00001
Abstract
Portrait of Charles W. Post, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Parpignol in 'La Boheme' and as Don cruzio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' during the 1957 season.
Dates:
1952
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Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00005
Abstract
Portrait of Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in many productions from 1959-1966; 1959 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' as a Saloon Bartender, also in 1959 as Franke in 'Die Fledermaus,' in 1960 as Amonasro in 'Aida,' and as Lord Henry Ashton in 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' in 1961 as Geroges germony in 'La Traviata,' in 1962 as Jack Rance in 'The Girl from the Golden west,' and as Marcello in 'La Boheme,' in 1963 as...
Dates:
1959-1966
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Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00006
Abstract
Portrait of Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in many productions from 1959-1966; 1959 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' as a Saloon Bartender, also in 1959 as Franke in 'Die Fledermaus,' in 1960 as Amonasro in 'Aida,' and as Lord Henry Ashton in 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' in 1961 as Geroges germony in 'La Traviata,' in 1962 as Jack Rance in 'The Girl from the Golden west,' and as Marcello in 'La Boheme,' in 1963 as...
Dates:
1959-1966
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Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00007
Abstract
Portrait of Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in many productions from 1959-1966; 1959 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' as a Saloon Bartender, also in 1959 as Franke in 'Die Fledermaus,' in 1960 as Amonasro in 'Aida,' and as Lord Henry Ashton in 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' in 1961 as Geroges germony in 'La Traviata,' in 1962 as Jack Rance in 'The Girl from the Golden west,' and as Marcello in 'La Boheme,' in 1963 as...
Dates:
1959-1966
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Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00008
Abstract
Portrait of Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in many productions from 1959-1966; 1959 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' as a Saloon Bartender, also in 1959 as Franke in 'Die Fledermaus,' in 1960 as Amonasro in 'Aida,' and as Lord Henry Ashton in 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' in 1961 as Geroges germony in 'La Traviata,' in 1962 as Jack Rance in 'The Girl from the Golden west,' and as Marcello in 'La Boheme,' in 1963 as...
Dates:
1959-1966
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Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00009
Abstract
Film negative of Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in many productions from 1959-1966; 1959 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' as a Saloon Bartender, also in 1959 as Franke in 'Die Fledermaus,' in 1960 as Amonasro in 'Aida,' and as Lord Henry Ashton in 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' in 1961 as Geroges germony in 'La Traviata,' in 1962 as Jack Rance in 'The Girl from the Golden west,' and as Marcello in 'La Boheme,' in 1963 as...
Dates:
1959-1966
Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00016
Abstract
Chester Ludgin poses for a publicity photograph. Ludgin appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe," performed in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
Dates:
between 1956-1959
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Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00003
Abstract
Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in the title role of the opera ''Boris Godunov'' with the San Francisco Opera Company.
Dates:
1966
