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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 881 Collections and/or Records:

Michael Devlin, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0013.00002
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Michael Devlin, bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1967

Michael Devlin in an Unidentified Production

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0013.00003
Abstract

Michael Devlin, bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1930-1969

Michael Price, 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0014.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Michael Price, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera as the Brother in the 1956 performance of 'The Lark.'

Dates: 1956

Mignon Dunn

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0022.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Mignon Dunn, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1964 production of 'The Lady from Colorado."

Dates: 1930-1969

Mignon Dunn

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0022.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mignon Dunn, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1964 production of 'The Lady from Colorado."

Dates: 1930-1969

Mignon Dunn

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0022.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Mignon Dunn, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1964 production of 'The Lady from Colorado", with an unidentified man.

Dates: 1930-1969

Mildred Allen, 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0011.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Mildred Allen, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1961 season.

Dates: 1961

Mildred Allen

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0011.00002
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Mildred Allen, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1961 season.

Dates: 1940-1969

Mimi Benzell, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0015.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Mimi Benzell, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1954 season in the production of "Faust" and as Zerbinetta in the opera ''Ariadne auf Naxos.''

Dates: 1954

Mimi Benzell in costume, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0015.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mimi Benzell, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1954 season in the production of "Faust" and as Zerbinetta in the opera ''Ariadne auf Naxos'', in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1954

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