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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:

Billboard From 'A Masked Ball', 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00030
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the billboard from the 1967 festival production 'A Masked Ball.' Billboard reads: 'A Masked Ball - Cast for the performance - Amelia, Eileen Schauler; Gustav III, Gianni Savelli; Count Johan, Benjamin Rayson; Oscar, Nadja Witkowska; Couth Horn, Malcolm Smith; Ulrica, Marija Kova; Count Rubbing, William MacCully; Christian, Michael Devlin, Conductor Norman Johnson. '

Dates: 1967

Billboards (1 of 2), 1932-1958, 1932-1958

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001
Abstract

This folder contains photos of billboards advertising shows at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1932-1958

Billboards (2 of 2), 1932-1958, 1932-1958

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0002
Abstract

This folder contains photos of billboards advertising shows at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1932-1958

Billboards Advertising 'Separate Tables', 1932-1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001.00002
Abstract

Man standing by billboard for the 1957 production of 'Separate Tables,' reading ''Direct from New York, settings by Michael Weight, lighting and supervision by Paul Morrison, produced by Robert Whitehead by arrangement with Stephen Mitchell, The remarkable New York cast includes William Podmore, Catherine Proctor, Michael Lipton, Valerie Cardew, Helena Carroll, Georgia Harvy.'' Another partially obscured billboard listing more names appears to the right.

Dates: 1932-1958

Billboards for D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and 'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00016
Abstract Two Central City affiliates take down the bill board for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and replace it with a billboard advertising 'Bus Stop.' The D'oyly Carte bill board reads, " central City Opea House Assn. presents twenty-fourth annual opera festival July 2- July 20, 1955. Direct from London, England, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Sir Willam Gilbert's and Sir Arthur Sullivan's immortal operas 'The Mikado,' 'The Yeoman of the Guard,' 'Trial by Jury,' 'H.M.S. Pinafore,' 'Iolanthe.'...
Dates: 1955

Billy Hamilton and 'The Lady on the Bar Room Floor'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0004.00002
Abstract

Billy Hamilton, affiliated with the Central City Opera, takes a close up look at the lady on the bar room floor.

Dates: 1930-1969

Billy Hamilton Looks at the Billboard, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0004.00004
Abstract

Billy Hamilton, affiliated with the Central City Opera, looks at the Central City Opera House billboard advertising the 1954 Central City Festival.

Dates: 1954

Billy Hamilton Sitting Inside

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0004.00003
Abstract

Billy Hamilton, affiliated with the Central City Opera, sits near a door.

Dates: 1930-1969

Billy Hamilton With Cane, undated

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0004.00001
Abstract

Informal portrait of Billy Hamilton; affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: undated

Board of Directors, 1955

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0004
Abstract

This folder contains photos of the Board of Directors.

Dates: 1955

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