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:
Billy Hamilton and 'The Lady on the Bar Room Floor'
Billy Hamilton, affiliated with the Central City Opera, takes a close up look at the lady on the bar room floor.
Billy Hamilton Looks at the Billboard, 1954
Billy Hamilton, affiliated with the Central City Opera, looks at the Central City Opera House billboard advertising the 1954 Central City Festival.
Billy Hamilton Sitting Inside
Billy Hamilton, affiliated with the Central City Opera, sits near a door.
Billy Hamilton With Cane, undated
Informal portrait of Billy Hamilton; affiliated with the Central City Opera.
Board of Directors, 1955
This folder contains photos of the Board of Directors.
Bob Reed Marking the Opera House Stage, 1963 June 16
Black and white photograph of stage hand Bob Reed, marking the stage for the 1963 opera season festival at the Central City Opera Festival.
Box 71: Productions and Events, Cactus Flower-Caine Mutinty, 1950-1969
This cost contains (5) file folders including photographs and documents from Cactus Flower -1, Cactus Flower - 2, Caine Mutiny -1, Caine Mutiny -2, Caine Mutiny Press Manual.
Box 72: Productions and Events, Camille-Central City-Views, 1930-1959
This box contains (10) file folders including photographs and documents from Camille, Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana, Central City Nights. Also Central City's Buildings, Historic Photos, Mines, Street Views, Views, Misc.
Box 73: Productions and Events, Cast-The Critique, 1940-1959
This box contains (10) file folders including photographs and documents from 1958 Cast, Citations for service, Colorado Day, Constant Wife, Co si Fan Tutte, The Critique 1948-1950, 1957, 1952 and 1953.
Box 74: Productions and Events, Dancers-Don Pasquale, 1930-1959
This box contains (5) file folders including photographs and documents from Don Pasqauale, Don Giovanni, A Doll's House, Diamond Lil, and unidentified dancers.
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