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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:

Mildred Miller

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0020.00006
Abstract

Portrait of Mildred Miller, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the title role of 'Carmen' in the 1953 production.

Dates: 1930-1969

Mildred Miller and Family

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0020.00002
Abstract

Mildred Miller, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Carmen in the 1953 production of 'Carmen', with her husband Captain Wesley Posvar and her son Wessy Jr.

Dates: 1930-1969

Mildred Miller Doing Makeup, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0020.00007
Abstract

Mildred Miller, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, applies makeup in the dressing room before a 1954 production of the opera ''Carmen.''

Dates: 1954

Mildred Miller's Debut

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0020.00001
Abstract

Mildred Miller, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the lead role of Carmen as 'Carmen' in 1953, is greated by her husband Captain Wesley Posvar after her debut on ''The Telephone Hour.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Mimi Benzell, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0015.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Mimi Benzell, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1954 season in the production of "Faust" and as Zerbinetta in the opera ''Ariadne auf Naxos.''

Dates: 1954

Mimi Benzell in costume, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0015.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mimi Benzell, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1954 season in the production of "Faust" and as Zerbinetta in the opera ''Ariadne auf Naxos'', in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1954

Morley Meredith

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Morley Meredith, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1957 production of 'The Gypsy baron' as Count Homonay.

Dates: 1930-1969

Mr. Brazis, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Mr. Brazis; a lyric baritone from the Chicago Civic Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1952

Mr. Brazis, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0004.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mr. Brazis; a lyric baritone from the Chicago Civic Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1952

Mr. Brazis, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0004.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Mr. Brazis; a lyric baritone from the Chicago Civic Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1952

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