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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:

Russell Christopher, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0010.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Russell Christopher, a baritone singer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1965

Russell Swann

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Identifier: M123.03.0062.0018.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Russell Swann, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Sam Jaffe Head Shot

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0018.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Sam Jaffe, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in ''The Lark.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Sam Jaffe in ''A Doll's House'', 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0018.00002
Abstract

Sam Jaffe, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in the opera ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

Sam Jaffe in ''A Doll's House'', 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0018.00003
Abstract

Sam Jaffe, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in the 1937 opera ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

Sandra Darling, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0005.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Sandra Darling, a coloratura soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1965

Sandra Darling, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0005.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Sandra Darling, a coloratura soprano singer fron the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1965

Shirley Booth

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Shirley Booth, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1953 season in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "The Time of the Cuckoo" and in the production of "Harvey" during the 1971 season.

Dates: 1930-1969

Shirley Booth and Flower Girls

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0011.00005
Abstract

Shirley Booth (center, with flowers), an actress who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1953 season in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "The Time of the Cuckoo" and in the production of "Harvey" during the 1971 season, with the Central City Opera House flower girls.

Dates: 1930-1969

Shirley Booth and Friends

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0011.00003
Abstract

Shirley Booth (left), an actress who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1953 season in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "The Time of the Cuckoo" and in the production of "Harvey" during the 1971 season, poses with four unidentified individuals.

Dates: 1930-1969

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