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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 880 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Hayes Outside, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0016.00003
Abstract

Helen Hayes, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera, outisde at night with a group of men.

Dates: 1952

Helen Hayes Sitting in Rehearsal, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0016.00002
Abstract

Helen Hayes (left on couch), an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1952 production of "Mrs. McThing", with an unidentified group of people.

Dates: 1952

Herbert Beattie

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Herbert Beattie, a bass singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1964 production of 'The Lady From Colorado."

Dates: 1930-1969

Herva Nelli, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0016.00006
Abstract

Portrait of Herva Nelli, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1958

Herva Nelli, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0016.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Herva Nelli, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1958

Herva Nelli, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0016.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Herva Nelli, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1958

Herva Nelli, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0016.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Herva Nelli, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1958

Herva Nelli, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0016.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Herva Nelli, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1958

Herva Nelli in ''Cavelleria Rustaicana'', 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0016.00004
Abstract

Herva Nelli, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Santuzza in the opera ''Cavelleria Rustaicana.''

Dates: 1958

Hilda Burke, 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0018.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Hilda Burke, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in ''Yeomen of the Guard.''

Dates: 1939

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