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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 873 Collections and/or Records:

Mildred Allen, 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0011.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Mildred Allen, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1961 season.

Dates: 1961

Mildred Allen

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0011.00002
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Mildred Allen, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1961 season.

Dates: 1940-1969

Mimi Benzell, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0015.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Mimi Benzell, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1954 season in the production of "Faust" and as Zerbinetta in the opera ''Ariadne auf Naxos.''

Dates: 1954

Mimi Benzell in costume, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0015.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mimi Benzell, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1954 season in the production of "Faust" and as Zerbinetta in the opera ''Ariadne auf Naxos'', in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1954

Monica Morare, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0006.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Monica Morare, a performer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1965 production of "Any Wednesday."

Dates: 1965

Mr. Brazis, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Mr. Brazis; a lyric baritone from the Chicago Civic Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1952

Mr. Brazis, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0004.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mr. Brazis; a lyric baritone from the Chicago Civic Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1952

Mr. Brazis, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0004.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Mr. Brazis; a lyric baritone from the Chicago Civic Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1952

Nan Sunderland

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0017.00002
Abstract

Nan Sunderland, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1934 play "Othello" and ''Central City Nights'' in 1935.

Dates: 1930-1969

Nan Sunderland

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0017.00003
Abstract

Nan Sunderland, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1934 play "Othello" and ''Central City Nights'' in 1935.

Dates: 1930-1969

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