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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:

Tom Ewell in ''The Gazebo'', 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0011.00004
Abstract

Tom Ewell, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in the comedy-mystery ''The Gazebo.''

Dates: 1959

Tom Ewell Outside, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0011.00013
Abstract

Tom Ewell, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1959 production of 'The Gazebo', outside with his son.

Dates: 1959

Tom Ewell with Boy in Diamond Lil Tunnel, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0077.0006.00041
Abstract

Informal portrait of Tom Ewell, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1959 comedy ''The Gazebo'', with a young boy outside the Diamond Lil Tunnel.

Dates: 1959

Tom Ewell with his Family, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0011.00008
Abstract

Tom Ewell, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1959 production of 'The Gazebo', outside with his family.

Dates: 1959

Virginia Grey Speaking at the Mobile Box Office, 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0006.00001
Abstract

Actress Virginia Grey speaks in front of the Central City Opera Festival Mobile Box-Office during the 1960 season, June 25-July 23.

Dates: 1960

Walter Slezak, 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0061.0020.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Walter Slezak, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the play ''A Doll's House'' as Torvald Helmer.

Dates: 1937

Walter Slezak, 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0061.0020.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Walter Slezak, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the play ''A Doll's House'' as Torvald Helmer.

Dates: 1937

William Barrett

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of William Barrett, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

William Hughes, 1954-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0049.0012.00001
Abstract

Portait of William Hughes, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera in the 1954 production of "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" and the 1959 productiong of "...And Perhaps Happiness.".

Dates: 1954-1959

William Keith

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of William Keith, a member of the Central City Opera chorus.

Dates: 1930-1969

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