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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:

Three Men Affiliated with the Productions ''Ariadne auf Naxos'', 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00003
Abstract

Portrait of music director Kurt Adler, associate music director Walter Taussig and stage director Dino Yannopoulus, for the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne auf Naxos.''

Dates: 1954

Three Men in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'' Production, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00025
Abstract

Frank Guarrera and two unidentified men perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Three Performers on the Stairs in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00016
Abstract

Three unidentified performers appear on metal stairs in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Three Performers with the Production ''Ariadne'', 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00024
Abstract

Mimi Benzell, Wilma Spence and Eva Likova, who all performed as Ariadne in the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1954

Three Unidentified Affiliates in Garden

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00004
Abstract

Black and white photograph of three unidentified affiliates in an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Three Unidentified Affiliates in Unknown Location

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00015
Abstract

Black and white photograph of three unidentified affiliates standing in an unknown location.

Dates: 1930-1969

Three Unidentified Affiliates Standing Backstage, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00023
Abstract

Black and white photograph of three unidentified affiliates socializing backstage during the 1967 Central City Opera Festival season.

Dates: 1967

Three Unidentified Female Affiliates, 1945 July 28

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00018
Abstract

Black and white photograph of three unidentified female afilliates seated on a bench in front of a mirror at a social gathering for the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1945 July 28

Three Unidentified Performers on the Stairs in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00027
Abstract

Three unidentified performers on the stairs in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Three Women Affiliated with the Productions ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust'', 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00016
Abstract

Rosalind Elias (left), Christine Cardillo (right) and an unidentified woman (center) affiliated with the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust'' on a stairwell.

Dates: 1954

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Opera 2338
Photographs 2338
Colorado 2233
Singers 1043
Actors 880