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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 202 Collections and/or Records:

Ruth Gordon in ''A Doll's House'', 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0001.00002
Abstract

Ruth Gordon, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Nora Helmer in the 1937 production of ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

Ruth Gordon in ''A Doll's House'', 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0001.00003
Abstract

Ruth Gordon, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Nora Helmer in the 1937 production of ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

Ruth Gordon in ''A Doll's House'', 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0001.00004
Abstract

Ruth Gordon, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Nora Helmer in the 1937 production of ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

Ruth Gordon in "A Doll's House", 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0001.00005
Abstract

Ruth Gordon, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Nora Helmer in the 1937 production of ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

Sandor Szabo, 1964

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Identifier: M123.03.0062.0020.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Sandor Szabo, an actor who performed with the Central City opera.

Dates: 1964

Sheila Barrett, 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0008.00001
Abstract

Informal portrait of Sheila Barrett, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1937

Sheila Barrett, 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0008.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Sheila Barrett, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, at the Teller House night club durring the 1937 Central City Festival.

Dates: 1937

Stanley Carlson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Stanley Carlson, a bass-baritone opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Steve Allen

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Identifier: M123.03.0034.0010.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Steve Allen; affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1940-1969

Tibor Kozma at Rehearsal

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Identifier: M123.03.0050.0019.00003
Abstract

Tibor Kozma, a musical director and conductor who worked with the Central City Opera, conducts rehearsals. Irene Kahn at the piano, singing is James Pease (left), Genevieve Warner (center) and Michael Bondon (right).

Dates: 1930-1969

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