Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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
Portrait of Kay Creed, a mezzo-soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera.
Kay Creed with her Pet Monkey
Kay Creed, a mezzo-soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera, sits with her tiny pet monkey.
Kenneth MacKenna in ''Othello'', 1934
Kenneth MacKenna, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Iago in the opera ''Othello.''
Kenneth MacKenna in ''Othello'', 1934
Kenneth MacKenna, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Iago in the opera ''Othello.''
KT Stevens
Portrait of KT Stevens, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1958 production of "...And Perhaps Happiness."
Lawrence Daniels
Portrait of Lawrence Daniels; affiliated with the Central City Opera.
Lee Bowman, 1962
Portrait of Lee Bowman, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1962 theater production of "Mary, Mary."
Leyna Gabriele Head Shot, 1954
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.
Leyna Gabriele in Costume
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.
Leyna Gabriele Wearing Pearl Necklace, 1954
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.
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