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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 674 Collections and/or Records:

Mimi Benzell in costume, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0015.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mimi Benzell, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1954 season in the production of "Faust" and as Zerbinetta in the opera ''Ariadne auf Naxos'', in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1954

Mr. Brazis, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Mr. Brazis; a lyric baritone from the Chicago Civic Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1952

Mr. Brazis, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0004.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mr. Brazis; a lyric baritone from the Chicago Civic Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1952

Mr. Brazis, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0004.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Mr. Brazis; a lyric baritone from the Chicago Civic Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1952

Natalie Hall Head Shot in "The Merry Widow", 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0003.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Natalie Hall, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera who appeared in the opera ''The Merry Widow'' during the 1933 season.

Dates: 1939

Natalie Hall Head Shot Wearing Flowered Shirt, 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0003.00007
Abstract

Portrait of Natalie Hall, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1939

Natalie Hall in ''The Merry Widow'', 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0003.00002
Abstract

Natalie Hall, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, appears in the opera ''The Merry Widow'' during the 1933 season.

Dates: 1939

Natalie Hall in "The Merry Widow" Wearing Fur Bolero, 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0003.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Natalie Hall, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera and appeared in the opera ''The Merry Widow'' during the 1933 season.

Dates: 1939

Natalie Hall Sitting in "The Merry Widow", 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0003.00006
Abstract

Portrait of Natalie Hall, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera and appeared in the opera ''The Merry Widow.''

Dates: 1939

Natalie Hall Wearing Evening Gown, 1933

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0003.00008
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Natalie Hall, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera and appeared in the opera ''The Merry Widow.''

Dates: 1933

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