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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

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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 792 Collections and/or Records:

Louis D'Angelo in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00009
Abstract

Louis D'Angelo as Krusina a rich peasant, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Louise D'Angelo in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00005
Abstract

Louise D'Angelo as Esmeralda a mamber of a traveling circus, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Lucine Amara in 'Carmen', 1953

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0002.00022
Abstract

Photograph of Lucine Amara who performed as Micaela in the 1953 Central City production of 'Carmen.'

Dates: 1953

Macklin Morrow, 1933

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0007.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Macklin Morrow, a conductor and musical director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1933 season on the production "The Merry Widow."

Dates: 1933

Macklin Morrow, 1933

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0007.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Macklin Morrow, a conductor and musical director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1933 season on the production "The Merry Widow."

Dates: 1933

Man standing by Billboard for 1957 Play Festival, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001.00021
Abstract

Central City affiliate poses by billboard for the 1957 play festival. Billboard reads, " Centeral City Opera House Assn. Twenty-sixth annual play festival August 3 through August 31, 1957. In association with the producers theater presents Eric Portman, Geraldine Page in Separate Tables, tw plays by Terence Rattigan directed by Peter Glenville with Ann Shoemaker, Laura Pierpont and Beryl Measor."

Dates: 1957

Man Standing With Wheeled Cart and Mule in Front of Theater

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00009
Abstract

Black and white photograph (postcard) of unidentified patron standing in front of the Central City Opera House (prior to it's 1931 renovations) with a mule and wheeled cart located in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Man with a Drawn Sword in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00021
Abstract

An unidentified man draws his sword on another man in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Man with Guitar in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00025
Abstract

A man with a guitar leaning on the wall behind him sings in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Margaret Waller, 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0003.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Margaret Waller, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Mrs. Linde in the 1937 play ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

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