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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 794 Collections and/or Records:

Sheila Barrett, 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0008.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Sheila Barrett, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, at the Teller House night club durring the 1937 Central City Festival.

Dates: 1937

Six Men in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00032
Abstract

Walter Cassel (second from right) as Horace Tabor and five unidentified men perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Stanley Carlson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Stanley Carlson, a bass-baritone opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Steve Allen

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0010.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Steve Allen; affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1940-1969

Steve Brodie in 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0071.0003.00018
Abstract

Portrait of actor Steve Brodie who performed as Lt. Stephen Maryk in the 1954 Central City production of 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.'

Dates: 1954

Steve Brodie in 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'

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Identifier: M123.03.0071.0003.00019
Abstract

Portrait of actor Steve Brodie who performed as Lt. Stephen Maryk in the 1954 Central City production of 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.'

Dates: 1954

Street View and Opera House

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00004
Abstract

Black and white photograph with of the front of the Central City Opera House (on the left side of the pictue) located in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Street View and Opera House

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00005
Abstract

Black and white photograph with of the front of the Central City Opera House (on the left side of the pictue) located in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Street View and Opera House

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00023
Abstract

Black and white photograph with of the front of the Central City Opera House (on the left side of the pictue) located in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Suzanne Mess

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0012.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Suzanne Mess, a costume designer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

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