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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 1068 Collections and/or Records:

Louise Bernhardt as ''Tessa''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0018.00006
Abstract

Portrait of Louise Bernhardt, a mezzo-contralto singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1936 production of "The Gondoliers" as Tessa.

Dates: 1930-1969

Louise Bernhardt in ''The Gondoliers'', 1936

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0018.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Louise Bernhardt, a mezzo-contralto singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1936 production of "The Gondoliers" as Tessa.

Dates: 1936

Louise Bernhardt in ''The Gondoliers'', 1936

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0018.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Louise Bernhardt, a mezzo-contralto singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1936 production of "The Gondoliers" as Tessa.

Dates: 1936

Louise D'Angelo, 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Louise D'Angelo, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera in the opera ''The Bartered Bride'' during the 1940 season.

Dates: 1940

Lubomir Vichegonov

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0064.0007.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Luigi Vellucci, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Don Basilio in the 1952 production of 'The Marriage of Figaro' and as Dr. Blind in the 1969 production of 'Die Fledermaus.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Lubomir Vichegonov

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0064.0007.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Luigi Vellucci, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Don Basilio in the 1952 production of 'The Marriage of Figaro' and as Dr. Blind in the 1969 production of 'Die Fledermaus.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Lubomir Vichegonov

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0064.0007.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Luigi Vellucci, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Don Basilio in the 1952 production of 'The Marriage of Figaro' and as Dr. Blind in the 1969 production of 'Die Fledermaus.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Lubomir Vichegonov in an Unidentified Production

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0064.0007.00001
Abstract

Lubomir Vichegonov, a bass-baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Friar Lawrence in the 1951 production of 'Romeo and Juliet' and as Mephistopheles in the 1954 production of 'Faust,' appears in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1930-1969

Lucille Kailer, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Lucille Kailer, a coloratura soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1966 production of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" as Baby Doe.

Dates: 1966

Lucille Kailer Head Shot, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0004.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Lucille Kailer, a coloratura soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1966 production of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" as Baby Doe.

Dates: 1966

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