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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:

Margaret Waller in ''A Doll's House'', 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0003.00002
Abstract

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

Dates: 1937

Marija Kova

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0018.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Marija Kova (front left), a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, with two unidentified individuals.

Dates: 1930-1969

Marija Kova

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Identifier: M123.03.0050.0018.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Marija Kova, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Mark Daniels, 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0003.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mark Daniels, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1936 production of "The Gondonliers" and the 1939 production of "The Yeoman of the Guard."

Dates: 1939

Marshall Sprague

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Identifier: M123.03.0062.0008.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Marshall Sprague; a writer affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Marshall Sprague with a Dog and a Snowman

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Identifier: M123.03.0062.0008.00002
Abstract

Informal portrait of Marshall Sprague with a dog and a snowman; a writer affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Martha Lipton and Dolores Wilson in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00028
Abstract

Martha Lipton (right) as Augusta Tabor and Dolores Wilson (left) as Baby Doe perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Martha Lipton as Augusta Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00008
Abstract

Martha Lipton of the Metropolitan Opera poses for a publicity portrait. Lipton appeared as Augusta Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe," performed at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1956-1959

Martin Tahse for 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

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Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00014
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Martin Tahse, the producer of the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

Mary Chase

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0008.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Mary Chase, a playwright who's work, 'Harvey' and 'Mrs. McThing', was produced by the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

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