Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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 92 Collections and/or Records:
''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959
Unidentified performers appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''
''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959
Dolores Wilson (with umbrella) and other unidentified performers appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''
''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959
Martha Lipton (right) as Augusta Tabor and Walter Cassel (left) as Horace Tabor appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''
Ballad of Baby Doe Cast, 1956
Martha Lipton, Walter cassel, and Dolores Wilson (from right to left) make up the cast of the 1956 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe', looking over score with musical director Emerson Buckley (left)
''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965
Portrait of the cast; (clockwise) Nino Ruisi (with umbrella) as Ambrogio, Louis D'Angelo as Doctor Bartolo, Stella Andreva as Rosina, John Carter as Coun Almarvia, Paul Kwartin as Fiorello,Edwina Eustis as Bertha and John Brownlee as Figaro, for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''
''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965
Portrait of (from left to right) Edwina Eustis as Bertha, Louis D'Angelo as Doctor Bartolo, Nino Ruisi as Ambrogio, and Jon Brownlee as Figaro for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''
''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965
Unidentified performers appear in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''
''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965
Unidentified performers appear in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''
Billboard Advertising Bus Stop, 1932-1958
Sign for Bus Stop opera in room surrounded by wooden chairs, reading ''Central City Opera House Assn. and Whitehead-Stevens Productions Inc. Present August 6-September 3, 1955 Bus Stop by William Inge Starring Peggy Ann Garner, Albert Salmi, and Glenn Anders, Directed by Harold Clurman.''
Billboard Advertising The Lark, 1956
Sign for the 1956 production of The Lark in a room surrounded by furniture, reading ''Central City Opera House Assn. By arrangement with Kermit Bloomgarden present twenty-fifth annual play festival dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Spencer Penrose, August 4 through September 1, 1956. Julie Harris in 'The Lark' a play by Jean Anouilh, adapted by Lillian Hellman with Sam Jaffe, Leo Ciceri, George Macready, Bruce Gordon, James O'Rear, Edwin Binns, directed by Joseph Anthony."
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