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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 2542 Collections and/or Records:

Adelaide Bishop, Affiliated with the Productions ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust,'' and Son, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00020
Abstract

Adelaide Bishop, a performer in the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust,'' with her second son Peyton.

Dates: 1954

Adelaide Bishop and Unidentified Affiliates, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00020
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Adelaide Bishop (CCOH performer, soprano) and a group of unidentified affiliates gather in an unknonw location as part of an unknown Central City Opera Festival.

Dates: 1951

Adelaide Bishop and Unidentified Affiliates, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00021
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Adelaide Bishop (center, CCOH performer, soprano) and a group of unidentified affiliates gather in an unknonw location as part of the 1951 Central City Opera Festival.

Dates: 1951

Adelaide Bishop and Unidentified Affiliates, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00022
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Adelaide Bishop (second from right, CCOH performer, soprano) and a group of unidentified affiliates gather in an unknonw location as part of the 1951 Central City Opera Festival.

Dates: 1951

Adelaide Bishop Central City Head Shot

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0002.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Adelaide Bishop, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1949 season in "Die Fledermaus", 1950 in "Don Pasquale", 1951 in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Dont Pasquale" and also in 1954 in "Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1930-1969

Adelaide Bishop Head Shot

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0002.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Adelaide Bishop, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1949 season in "Die Fledermaus", 1950 in "Don Pasquale", 1951 in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Dont Pasquale" and also in 1954 in "Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1930-1969

Adelaide Bishop in Costume

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0002.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Adelaide Bishop, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1949 season in "Die Fledermaus", 1950 in "Don Pasquale", 1951 in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Dont Pasquale" and also in 1954 in "Ariadne auf Naxos." in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1930-1969

Adelaide Bishop in Dressing Room for ''Faust'', 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00006
Abstract

Adelaide Bishop in the dressing room and in costume as Marguerite for the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Faust'' surrounded by three unidentified men.

Dates: 1954

Adelaide Bishop Interviewed by Unidentied Affiliate, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00025
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Virginia Haskins (left, CCOH performer, soprano) being interviewed by an unknown affiliate as part of the 1951 Central City Opera Festival.

Dates: 1951

Adelaide Bishop Wearing Pearl Necklace

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0002.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Adelaide Bishop, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1949 season in "Die Fledermaus", 1950 in "Don Pasquale", 1951 in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Dont Pasquale" and also in 1954 in "Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1930-1969

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Archival Object 2541
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Opera 2539
Colorado 2416
Photographs 2338
Singers 1068
Actors 881