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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 801 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Laughton in 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0071.0003.00020
Abstract

Portrait of Charles Laughton who directed the 1954 Central City production of 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.'

Dates: 1954

Chester Ludgin as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00016
Abstract

Chester Ludgin poses for a publicity photograph. Ludgin appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe," performed in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1956-1959

Choral Adaptation of Words to Schubert's Unfinished Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished), 1944

 Item
Identifier: M123.05.0020.0004.00001
Abstract Bound score (68 pages) for the choral adaptation of words to Schubert's Unfinished Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) with music composed by Frank Tapp and word written by Major Edward L. Bloom. Typed and attached to inside front cover: 'An Agreement made this 5th. day of April, 1944, between L. Wane Daley, who is empowered to act for Frank Tapp, and Major Edward L. Bloom. In consideration of a fee of fifty - seven pounds tan shillings, it is agreed that the said Frank Tapp will undertake the...
Dates: 1944

Christopher West, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on "The Lady from Colorado" and " Madame Butterfly."

Dates: 1966

Christopher West, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0011.00004
Abstract

Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on the productions "The Lady from Colorado" and "Madame Butterfly."

Dates: 1966

Christopher West at his Desk, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0011.00002
Abstract

Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on the productions "The Lady from Colorado" and "Madame Butterfly", works at his desk.

Dates: 1966

Clifford Harvuot and Dr. Elemer Nagy

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Identifier: M123.03.0082.0001.00006
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Clifford Harvuot (center, baritone) and Dr. Elemer Nagy (production staff) at an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Clifford Neudahl in 'Central City Nights', 1935

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Identifier: M123.03.0072.0004.00002
Abstract

Signed photograph of Clifford Neudahl, a performer in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'

Dates: 1935

Clifford Neudahl in 'Central City Nights', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0004.00009
Abstract

Photograph of Clifford Neudahl the leading tenor and chorus in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'

Dates: 1935

Clifford Neudahl in 'Central City Nights', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0004.00010
Abstract

Photograph of Clifford Neudahl the leading tenor and chorus in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'

Dates: 1935

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