Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
Biography
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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.
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Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe Wedding Celebration Scene, 1956-1959
Walter Cassel and Dolores Wilson portray Horace and Baby Doe Tabor in the wedding celebration scene of a production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
Central City Opera's the Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959
Clifford Harvuot (front and left of center with mustache) appears as Horace Tabor, with Mary McMurray (Augusta Tabor) and Osie Hawkins (footman), in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe" at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
Central City Publicity for "The Merry Widow" Vol 2, Book 2; Biographies of the Stars etc., 1933
Central City - Street Views
This file contains photographs of street views from Central City.
Central City - Views
This file contains photographs of scenic views from Central City.
Chairs in Opera House Interior
Black and white photograph of the chairs in the interior of the hall of the Opera House. Photograph can also be found in 'Central City Opera; Looking Back Over Sixty Year 1932-1992' caption reads: In the early years, the interior featured sturdy hickory chairs (now cushioned), and a center aisle which no longer exists. This view shows John Massman's ceiling frescoes before the 1987 restoration. '
Charles Laughton in 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'
Portrait of Charles Laughton who directed the 1954 Central City production of 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.'
Chester Ludgin as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959
Chester Ludgin poses for a publicity photograph. Ludgin appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe," performed in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
Choral Adaptation of Words to Schubert's Unfinished Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished), 1944
Christopher West, 1966
Portrait of Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on "The Lady from Colorado" and " Madame Butterfly."
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