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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

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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 872 Collections and/or Records:

Eleanor Steber in "Abduction from the Seraglio", 1945

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0010.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Eleanor Steber, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1946 opera ''The Abduction from the Seroglio'' and the 1951 productions "Amelia Goes to the Ball" and "The Beautiful Galatea."

Dates: 1945

Eleanor Steber in an Unidentified Production

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Identifier: M123.03.0062.0010.00008
Abstract

Portrait of Eleanor Steber, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1946 opera ''The Abduction from the Seroglio'' and the 1951 productions "Amelia Goes to the Ball" and "The Beautiful Galatea", appears in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1930-1969

Elinor Warren

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0008.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Elinor Warren, a mezzo-soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Marcellina in the 1952 production of "The Marriage of Figaro."

Dates: 1930-1969

Emilia Cundari, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0042.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Emilia Cundari, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the operas ''Pagliacci'' and ''Perichole.''

Dates: 1958

Eric Portman, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0010.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Eric Portman, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the play ''Separate Tables'' as Mr. Malcolm in 'Table by the Window' and as Major Pollock in 'Table Number Seven.'

Dates: 1957

Eric Portman, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0010.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Eric Portman, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the play ''Separate Tables'' as Mr. Malcolm in 'Table by the Window' and as Major Pollock in 'Table Number Seven.'

Dates: 1957

Ernest Cossart

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Ernest Cossart, an actor who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Ernest Cossart, 1948

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0018.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Ernest Cossart, an actor who worked with the Central City Opera in the 1948 production of 'The Play's the thing.'

Dates: 1948

Ernest McChesney, 1933

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0006.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Ernest McChesney, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the opera ''The Merry Widow.''

Dates: 1933

Ernest McChesney, 1933

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0006.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Ernest McChesney, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1933 production of "The Merry Widow."

Dates: 1933

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