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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 2340 Collections and/or Records:

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00036
Abstract

Martha Lipton (right) as Augusta Tabor and Walter Cassel (left) as Horace Tabor appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Ballad of Baby Doe, 1956-1959

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001
Abstract

This folder contains black and white photographs from the Central City Opera House production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.'' Photographs of the World Premiere performance of the Ballad of Baby Doe, directed by Hanya Holm during the years 1956-1959.

Dates: 1956-1959

Ballad of Baby Doe Cast, 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00003
Abstract

Martha Lipton, Walter cassel, and Dolores Wilson (from right to left) make up the cast of the 1956 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe', looking over score with musical director Emerson Buckley (left)

Dates: 1956

Ballad of Baby Doe Cast and Crew Take a Bow, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00006
Abstract ''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' cast, dramatists, musicians, and directors take a bow after a performance at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. Front row, left to right: Douglas Moore (composer), Emerson Buckley (music director), Walter Cassel (baritone, portrayed Horace Tabor), Martha Lipton (mezzo-soprano, portrayed Augusta Tabor), Dolores Wilson (soprano, portrayed Elizabeth ''Baby Doe'' Tabor), John Latouche (librettist), Hanya Holm (co-director and choreographer),...
Dates: between 1956-1959

Ballad of Baby Doe Dramatists and Directors, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00001
Abstract

''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' dramatists and directors (left to right) Edward Levy (co-director), Hanya Holm (co-director and choreographer), Douglas Moore (composer), and John Latouche (librettist) pose for a publicity photograph at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. The Central City Opera House was the site of the 1956 world premiere of the opera ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Barbara Blanchard, 1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0003.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Barbara Blanchard, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1968

Barbara Blanchard, 1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0003.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Barbara Blanchard, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1968

Barbara Moore

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Barbara Moore, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Barbara Moore and Barbara O'Neil in ''And Perhaps Happiness'', 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0005.00011
Abstract

Barbara Moore (left) as Sylvia and Barbara O'Neil (right) as Hesper Bowman in the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness.''

Dates: 1958

Barbara Moore and Mason Alan Dinehart in ''And Perhaps Happiness'', 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0005.00010
Abstract

Barbara Moore (left) as Sylvia and Mason Alan Dinehart (right) as Jonathan in the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness.''

Dates: 1958

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Archival Object 2339
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Opera 2338
Photographs 2338
Colorado 2233
Singers 1043
Actors 880