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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:

Richard Cassilly, 1962

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0013.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Richard Cassilly, a tenor opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1962 production of 'The Girl of the Golden West' as Dick Johnson.

Dates: 1962

Richard Cross

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Identifier: M123.03.0041.0005.00001
Abstract

Richard Cross, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1963 production of 'Don Giovanni,' examines a large egyptian statue at a museum.

Dates: 1930-1969

Richard Cross

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Identifier: M123.03.0041.0005.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Richard Cross, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1963 production of 'Don Giovanni.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Richard Hale, 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0002.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Richard Hale, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1939 production of the "Yeoman of the Guard."

Dates: 1939

Richard Hale Head Shot for "Yeoman of the Guard", 1939

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Identifier: M123.03.0048.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Richard Hale, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1939 production of "The Yeoman of the Guard."

Dates: 1939

Richard Kness

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Identifier: M123.03.0050.0015.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Richard Kness, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Richard Kness in an Unidentified Production

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Identifier: M123.03.0050.0015.00002
Abstract

Richard Kness, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1930-1969

Richard Wentworth, 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0010.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Richard Wentworth, a bass-baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1956

Rita DeCarlo, 1965

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Identifier: M123.03.0043.0008.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Rita DeCarlo, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Bertha in the 1965 production of 'The Barber of Seville' and as Mallika is 'Lakme' during the same season.

Dates: 1965

Robert Barry, 1958

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Identifier: M123.03.0036.0010.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Robert Barry, tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in the 1957 season as Ottokar in "The Gypsy Baron' and Matteo Borsa in "Rigoletto" and in the 1958 season playing Beppe in the opera ''Pagliocci'' and Don Miguel de Panatellas in the opera ''La Perichole.''

Dates: 1958

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