Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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 2484 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur Graham
Portrait of Arthur Graham, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season.
Arthur Malet, 1959
Portrait of Arthur Malet, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera as Frosh (a jailor, speaking role) in the 1959 production of 'Die Fledermaus.'
Arthur Penn for 'The Miracle Worker', 1961
Black and white photograph of Arthur Penn the director of the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'
Arthur Penn for 'The Miracle Worker', 1961
Black and white photograph of Arthur Penn the director of the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'
Attending to the Princess in ''Aida'', 1960
A group of women attend to the princess as part of the Central City Opera production of ''Aida.''
Ballad of Baby Doe, 1956-1959
This folder contains black and white photographs from the Central City Opera House production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.'' Photographs of the World Premiere performance of the Ballad of Baby Doe, directed by Hanya Holm during the years 1956-1959.
''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959
Martha Lipton (left), Walter Cassel (center), and Dolores Wilson (right) appear in the Central City Opera premiere production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''
''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959
Unidentified performers appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''
''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959
''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959
Leyna Gabriele and Frank Guarrera appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''
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