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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 880 Collections and/or Records:

Frank Guarrera in ''Tosca'', 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0010.00001
Abstract

Frank Guarrera, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1956 season in 'Tosca', 1957 in 'Rigoletto', 'The Ballad of Bay Doe' in 1959, 1960 in 'Lucia di Lammermoor' and in 'Falstaff' in 1972, appears in the opera ''Tosca.''

Dates: 1956

Frank Guarrera with his Wife

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Identifier: M123.03.0047.0010.00006
Abstract

Frank Guarrera, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1956 season in 'Tosca', 1957 in 'Rigoletto', 'The Ballad of Bay Doe' in 1959, 1960 in 'Lucia di Lammermoor' and in 'Falstaff' in 1972, with his wife.

Dates: 1958-1966

Frederick Jagel

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Identifier: M123.03.0049.0017.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Frederick Jagel, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Frederick Jagel

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Identifier: M123.03.0049.0017.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Frederick Jagel, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Gary Glaze

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Identifier: M123.03.0046.0020.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Gary Glaze, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1969 production od "Die Fledermaus."

Dates: 1930-1969

Gary Glaze Head Shot

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Identifier: M123.03.0046.0020.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Gary Glaze, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1969 production of "Die Fledermaus."

Dates: 1930-1969

Gene Bullard, 1965

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Identifier: M123.03.0038.0015.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Gene Bullard, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1965

Gene Bullard, 1965

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Identifier: M123.03.0038.0015.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Gene Bullard, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1965

Gene Bullard, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0015.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Gene Bullard, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1965

Gene Bullard, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0015.00004
Abstract

Gene Bullard, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1965

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