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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:

Norman Treigle, 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0063.0009.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Norman Treigle, a bass-baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Don Giovanni in the 1963 production of 'Don Giovanni.'

Dates: 1963

Osie Hawkins

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0013.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Osie Hawkins, a bass-baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the opera ''Die Fledermaus.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Osie Hawkins

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0013.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Osie Hawkins, a bass-baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the opera ''Die Fledermaus.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Osie Hawkins

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0013.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Osie Hawkins, a bass-baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the opera ''Die Fledermaus.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Osie Hawkins

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0013.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Osie Hawkins, a bass-baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the opera ''Die Fledermaus.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Patricia Bright, 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0008.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Patricia Bright, a performer affiliated with the Central City Opera who appeared in the opera ''A Thurber Carnival.''

Dates: 1960

Patricia Brooks, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0010.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Patricia Brooks, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1965 production fo "Lakme" and the 1972 production of "The Marriage of Figaro."

Dates: 1965

Paul Franke, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0045.0009.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Paul Franke, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1958 production 'La Perichole' and 'I Pagliacci' and as Eisenstein in the 1959 opera ''Die Fledermaus.''

Dates: 1958-1959

Paul Porter, 1934-1936

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Paul Porter, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera as Herald in the 1934 production of 'Othello,' in the 1935 production 'Central City Nights' and as the Duke of Plaza-Toro in the 1936 production 'The Gondoliers.'

Dates: 1934-1936

Paul Porter, 1934-1936

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0009.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Paul Porter, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera as Herald in the 1934 production of 'Othello,' in the 1935 production 'Central City Nights' and as the Duke of Plaza-Toro in the 1936 production 'The Gondoliers.'

Dates: 1934-1936

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