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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:

Kay Creed

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0041.0004.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Kay Creed, a mezzo-soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Kay Creed with her Pet Monkey

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0041.0004.00001
Abstract

Kay Creed, a mezzo-soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera, sits with her tiny pet monkey.

Dates: 1930-1969

Kenneth MacKenna in ''Othello'', 1934

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0001.00001
Abstract

Kenneth MacKenna, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Iago in the opera ''Othello.''

Dates: 1934

Kenneth MacKenna in ''Othello'', 1934

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0001.00002
Abstract

Kenneth MacKenna, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Iago in the opera ''Othello.''

Dates: 1934

KT Stevens

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0012.00001
Abstract

Portrait of KT Stevens, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1958 production of "...And Perhaps Happiness."

Dates: 1930-1969

Lawrence Daniels

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Lawrence Daniels; affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Lee Bowman, 1962

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Lee Bowman, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1962 theater production of "Mary, Mary."

Dates: 1962

Leyna Gabriele Head Shot, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0001.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Leyna Gabriele, a coloratura soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in their world premiere of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" in 1956. Leyna became one of the two soprano's to play the role of Elizabeth-Baby Doe.

Dates: 1954

Leyna Gabriele in Costume

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0001.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Leyna Gabriele , a coloratura soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in their world premiere of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" in 1956, with Douglas Moore. Leyna became one of the two soprano's to play the role of Elizabeth-Baby Doe.

Dates: 1954

Leyna Gabriele Wearing Pearl Necklace, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0001.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Leyna Gabriele, a coloratura soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in their world premiere of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" in 1956. Leyna became one of the two soprano's to play the role of Elizabeth-Baby Doe.

Dates: 1954

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