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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 17 Collections and/or Records:

Meredith Willson with Husband Rini Willson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0009.00007
Abstract

Informal Meredith Willson, a conductor and composer who worked with the Central City Opera on the 1961 production' A Evening of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson,' and her husband Rini Willson.

Dates: 1930-1969

Meredith Willson with Three Men

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Identifier: M123.03.0066.0009.00006
Abstract

Meredith Willson(front), a conductor and composer who worked with the Central City Opera on the 1961 production' A Evening of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson,', stands with Richard Morris (left), husband Rini Willson (center, back) and Lt. Govorner Bob Knous (right).

Dates: 1930-1969

Rini Willson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0010.00001
Abstract

Informal portrait of Rini Willson, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera on the 1961 production ' An evening of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson,' outside his home.

Dates: 1930-1969

Rini Willson

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Identifier: M123.03.0066.0010.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Rini Willson, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera on the 1961 production ' An evening of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson.'

Dates: 1930-1969

The Tune Tappers, 1946

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Identifier: M123.03.0063.0006.00001
Abstract

Portrait of The Tune Tappers, a musical quartet (acordian, trumpet, upright bass, and guitar) that performed with the Central City Opera in July of 1946.

Dates: 1946

Tibor Kozma at Rehearsal

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Identifier: M123.03.0050.0019.00003
Abstract

Tibor Kozma, a musical director and conductor who worked with the Central City Opera, conducts rehearsals. Irene Kahn at the piano, singing is James Pease (left), Genevieve Warner (center) and Michael Bondon (right).

Dates: 1930-1969

Tibor Kozma at Rehearsal

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0019.00004
Abstract

Tibor Kozma, a musical director and conductor who worked with the Central City Opera, conducts rehearsals. Irene Kahn at the piano, singing is James Pease (left), Genevieve Warner (center) and Michael Bondon (right).

Dates: 1930-1969

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