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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 804 Collections and/or Records:

Five Women in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00031
Abstract

Martha Lipton (seated, center) as Augusta Tabor and four unidentified women perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Florence Lamont Hinman

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0007.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Florence Lamont Hinman, a conductor who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Four Performers in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00017
Abstract

Four unidentified performers appear in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Four Unidentified Affiliates, 1966-1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0006.00003
Abstract

Black and white photograph of four unidentified CCOH affiliates standing in front of a ABC Denver camera in an unknown location.

Dates: 1966-1967

Four Unidentified Affiliates Seated in Unknown Location

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00013
Abstract

Black and white photograph of four unidentified affiliates seated in an unknown location.

Dates: 1930-1969

Four Women in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00035
Abstract

Dolores Wilson (second from left) as Baby Doe and one other unidentified women and two unidentified girls perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Frank Fay in ''Harvey''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0014.00001
Abstract

Informal portrait of Frank Fay, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1947 play ''Harvey.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Frank Guarrera as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00014
Abstract

Frank Guarrera poses for a publicity portrait. Guarrera appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe,'' performed at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1959

Frank Ricketson, Adelaide Bishop and Unidentified Affiliate, 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00012
Abstract

Black and white photograph of (from l to r) Frank Ricketson (CCOHA President), Adelaide Bishop (CCOH performer, soprano) with an unidentified affiliate gathering in unknown location.

Dates: 1950

Frank Ricketson, Adelaide Bishop and Unidentified Affiliates

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00010
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Adelaide Bishop (third from left) standing next to Frank Ricketson (center) with a group of unidentified affiliates gathering in unknown location.

Dates: 1951

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