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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 2416 Collections and/or Records:

Attending to the Princess in ''Aida'', 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0002.00021
Abstract

A group of women attend to the princess as part of the Central City Opera production of ''Aida.''

Dates: 1960

Ballad of Baby Doe, 1956-1959

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00007
Abstract

Martha Lipton (left), Walter Cassel (center), and Dolores Wilson (right) appear in the Central City Opera premiere production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00018
Abstract

Unidentified performers appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00019
Abstract "Horace Tabor (sung by Walter Cassel) and Baby Doe (Dolores Wilson) first married in secret, and then later wed again in a lavish ceremony in Washington, DC. Designer Donald Oenslager created the elegant ballroom of the Willard Hotel for the wedding scene, pictured here at the world premiere in 1956. Oenslager designed eleven different sets and lighting for The Ballad of Baby Doe, as well as costumes for a cast of thirty-seven. The same sets were used for subsequent productions, including...
Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00020
Abstract

Leyna Gabriele and Frank Guarrera appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00021
Abstract

Martha Lipton and Walter Cassel appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00022
Abstract

Dolores Wilson and Walter Cassel appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00023
Abstract

Unidentified performers appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00026
Abstract

Frank Guarrea, Martha Lipton and other unidentified performers appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

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