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 2542 Collections and/or Records:
1949 Production of ''Die Fledermaus'', 1949
A crowd congregates outside the Central City Opera House before the 1949 production of Johann Strauss' play ''Die Fledermaus.''
1952 Cast of "La Boheme", 1952
Photograph of Chester Watson (center, leaning down) as Alcindoro and Jean Gibbons (right, in striped dress) as Musetta in act II in the 1952 Central City production of 'La Boheme' presented in Cenrtal City, Colorado
1952 Cast of "La Boheme", 1952
Photograph of Act II Cafe Momus scene in the 1952 Central City production of 'La Boheme' presented in Cenrtal City, Colorado. Left to right: Michael Bondon as Colline, Algerd Brazis as Schaunard, Ann Ayars as Mimi, Davis Cunningham as Rodolpho, and Hugh Thompson as Marcello.
1952 Cast of "La Boheme", 1952
Photograph of Act II Cafe Momus scene in the 1952 Central City production of 'La Boheme' presented in Cenrtal City, Colorado. From left to right: Michael Bondon as Colline, Algerd Brazis as Schaunard, Ann Ayars as Mimi, Davis Cunnnigham as Rodolpho, and Hugh Thompson as Marcello.
1952 Cast of "La Boheme", 1952
Photograph of Act II Cafe Momus scene in the 1952 Central City production of 'La Boheme' presented in Cenrtal City, Colorado. From left to right: Michael Bondon as Colline, Algerd Brazis as Schaunard, Ann Ayars as Mimi, Davis Cunnnigham as Rodolpho, and Hugh Thompson as Marcello.
1952 Cast of "La Boheme", 1952
Photograph of scene in act II of the 1952 Central City Opera production of 'La Boheme.' Left to right: Jean Gibbons as Musetta, Chester Watson as Alcindoro, Michael Bondon as Colline, Ann Ayars as Mimi, Davis Cunningham as Rudolpho, and Hugh Thompson as Marcello
1952 Cast of "La Boheme", 1952
Photograph of scene in act I of the 1952 Central City Opera House production of 'La Boheme' as performed by (left to right) Michael Bondon as Colline, Luigi Vellucci as Benoit, Algerd Brazis as Schaunard, Hugh thompson as Marcello, and Davis Cunningham as Rudolpho.
1952 Cast of "La Boheme", 1952
Photograph of scene in act I of the 1952 Central City Opera House production of 'La Boheme' as performed by (left to right) Hugh Thompson as marcello, Michael Bondon as Colline, Algerd Brazis as Schaunard, and Davis Cunningham as Rudolpho.
1952 Cast of "La Boheme", 1952
Photograph of Chester Watson as Alcindoro and Jean Gibbons as Musetta in act II in the 1952 Central City production of 'La Boheme' presented in Cenrtal City, Colorado
1952 Cast of "La Boheme", 1952
Photograph of act IV in the 1952 Central City production of 'La Boheme'. Just before Mimi dies, the four Bohemians gather around to comfort and reassure her. Left to right: Algerd Brazis as Schaunard, Michael Bondon as colline, Davis Cunningham as Rodolpho, Hugh Thompson as Marcello, and Ann Ayars as Mimi.
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