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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 761 Collections and/or Records:

Eileen Brennan Panning for Gold, 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0005.00016
Abstract

Eileen Brennan, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Anne Sullivan in the 1962 production of "The Miracle Worker," outside panning for gold.

Dates: 1961

Elizabeth Allen Head Shot

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0071.0001.00014
Abstract

Portrait of Elizabeth Allen who played Stephanie in the 1967 Central City productin of 'Cactus Flower.'

Dates: 1967

Elizabeth Allen in 'Cactus Flower', 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0071.0001.00012
Abstract

Elizabeth Allen as Stephanie and an unidentified actor in a scene from the 1967 Central City production 'Cactus Flower.'

Dates: 1967

Emerson Buckley, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0013.00001
Abstract

Autographed photograph of Emerson Buckley, a conductor and music director who worked with the Central City Opera from 1965-1960, 1964, 1967, 1969, and 1976. Emerson Buckley was the music director for the first three productions of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at Central City.

Dates: 1966

Emerson Buckley

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0013.00002
Abstract

Photograph of Emerson Buckley, a conductor and music director who worked with the Central City Opera from 1965-1960, 1964, 1967, 1969, and 1976. Emerson Buckley was the music director for the first three productions of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at Central City.

Dates: 1930-1969

Emerson Buckley

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0013.00003
Abstract

Photograph of Emerson Buckley, a conductor and music director who worked with the Central City Opera from 1965-1960, 1964, 1967, 1969, and 1976. Emerson Buckley was the music director for the first three productions of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at Central City.

Dates: 1930-1969

Emerson Buckley

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0013.00004
Abstract

Photograph of Emerson Buckley, a conductor and music director who worked with the Central City Opera from 1965-1960, 1964, 1967, 1969, and 1976. Emerson Buckley was the music director for the first three productions of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at Central City.

Dates: 1930-1969

Emerson Buckley

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0013.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Emerson Buckley, a conductor and music director who worked with the Central City Opera from 1965-1960, 1964, 1967, 1969, and 1976. Emerson Buckley was the music director for the first three productions of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at Central City.

Dates: 1930-1969

Emerson Buckley

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0013.00006
Abstract

Photograph of Emerson Buckley, a conductor and music director who worked with the Central City Opera from 1965-1960, 1964, 1967, 1969, and 1976. Emerson Buckley was the music director for the first three productions of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at Central City.

Dates: 1930-1969

Emerson Buckley

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0013.00007
Abstract

Photograph of Emerson Buckley, a conductor and music director who worked with the Central City Opera from 1965-1960, 1964, 1967, 1969, and 1976. Emerson Buckley was the music director for the first three productions of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at Central City.

Dates: 1930-1969

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