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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 770 Collections and/or Records:

Geatano Merola and Bidu Sayao

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0010.00003
Abstract

Gaetano Merola, the founder and director of the San Francisco Opera who worked with the Central City Opera, with Bidu Sayao.

Dates: 1930-1969

Geatano Merola Conducting Rehearsal, 1949

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0010.00004
Abstract

Gaetano Merola, the founder and director of the San Francisco Opera who worked with the Central City Opera, with Bidu Sayao.

Dates: 1949

Gene Bullard, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0015.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Gene Bullard, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1965

Gene Bullard, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0015.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Gene Bullard, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1965

Gene Bullard, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0015.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Gene Bullard, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1965

Gene Bullard, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0015.00004
Abstract

Gene Bullard, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1965

George Gobel at Rehearsal

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0021.00003
Abstract

George Gobel, a comedian who performed with the Central City Opera, at rehearsal.

Dates: 1930-1969

George Gobel Holding "The Odd Couple" Poster

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0021.00001
Abstract

Portrait of George Gobel, a comedian who performed with the Central City Opera in the comedy ''The Odd Couple'' during the 1966 season.

Dates: 1930-1969

George Gobel in a Car

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0021.00004
Abstract

George Gobel, a comedian who performed with the Central City Opera, in the back of a car.

Dates: 1930-1969

George Gobel Signed Head Shot

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0021.00002
Abstract

Autographed portrait of George Gobel, a comedian who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1966 production of "The Odd Couple."

Dates: 1930-1969

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