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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:

Helen Freeman in an Unidentified Production, 1932-1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0045.0012.00006
Abstract

Portrait of Helen Freeman, performer who worked with the Central City Opera in the 1932 production of 'Camille', the 1934 production of 'Othello' and in 1935 in the production of 'Central City Nights', appears in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1932-1935

Helen Freeman in ''Central City Nights'', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0045.0012.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Helen Freeman, performer who worked with the Central City Opera in the 1932 production of 'Camille', the 1934 production of 'Othello' and in 1935 in the production of 'Central City Nights', appears in Macbeth sleep walking scene as part of the opera ''Central City Nights.''

Dates: 1935

Helen Freeman in 'Central City Nights', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0004.00004
Abstract

Signed photograph of Helen Freeman, a performer in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'

Dates: 1935

Helen Hayes in Front of Large Cross

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Identifier: M123.03.0048.0016.00004
Abstract

Informal portrait of Helen Hayes, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1952 production of "Mrs. McThing", under a large wooden cross.

Dates: 1930-1969

Helen Hayes in "Mrs. McThing", 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0016.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Helen Hayes, an actress who performed as Mary Chase with the Central City Opera in the 1952 production of "Mrs. McThing" and president of the American National Theatre and Academy.

Dates: 1952

Helen Hayes in Rehearsal, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0016.00001
Abstract

Helen Hayes, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1952 production of "Mrs. McThing", with three unidentified men.

Dates: 1952

Helen Hayes Outside, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0016.00003
Abstract

Helen Hayes, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera, outisde at night with a group of men.

Dates: 1952

Helen Hayes Sitting in Rehearsal, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0016.00002
Abstract

Helen Hayes (left on couch), an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1952 production of "Mrs. McThing", with an unidentified group of people.

Dates: 1952

'Helen Keller: Age 8 and 80', 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00001
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Helen Keller at age 8 and 80. Caption on photograph reads, 'This outstaning American proved that determination and courage can overcome and obstacle. Her story is excitingly told in William Gibson's stage play, THE MIRACLE WORKER, due here this season.' The theater piece 'The Miracle Worker' was part of the 1961 central City Opera House festival.

Dates: 1960

Helen Olheim as Ludmila in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00002
Abstract

Helen Olheim as Ludmila in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

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