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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 770 Collections and/or Records:

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

 Item
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

 Item
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

Mary Jennings in 'Central City Nights', 1935

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Identifier: M123.03.0072.0004.00001
Abstract

Photograph of Mary Jennings, a performer in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'

Dates: 1935

Maurice Evans, 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0010.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Maurice Evans, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1950 season in the production 'Barefoot in the Park' and 'The Devil's Disciple' as Dick Dudgeon.

Dates: 1950

Maurice Evans, 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0010.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Maurice Evans, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1950 season in the production 'Barefoot in the Park' and 'The Devil's Disciple' as Dick Dudgeon.

Dates: 1950

Maurice Evans, 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0010.00003
Abstract

Informal portrait of Maurice Evans, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1950 season in the production 'Barefoot in the Park' and 'The Devil's Disciple' as Dick Dudgeon, with an unidentified man.

Dates: 1950

Maurice Evans in 'The Devils Disciple', 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0010.00004
Abstract

Maurice Evans, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1950 season in the production 'Barefoot in the Park' and 'The Devil's Disciple' as Dick Dudgeon, appears as Dick Dudgeon in 'The Devils Disciple.'

Dates: 1950

Maurice Evans in 'The Devil's Disciple', 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0010.00005
Abstract

Maurice Evans, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1950 season in the production 'Barefoot in the Park' and 'The Devil's Disciple' as Dick Dudgeon, appears as Dick Dudgeon in 'The Devils Disciple.'

Dates: 1950

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