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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

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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 78 Collections and/or Records:

George Rasely in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00008
Abstract

George Rasely as Vasek the son of Micha and Hata, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Helen Olheim as Ludmila in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00002
Abstract

Helen Olheim as Ludmila in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Index Prints of the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00028
Abstract

Index prints of photographs depicting the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Individuals Affiliated with the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00004
Abstract

Left to right, Douglas Moore, Dolores Wilson who performed as 'Baby Doe' and Emerson Buckley, the conductor for the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: 1956

Individuals Affiliated with the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', 1956

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00005
Abstract

Frances Bible, Dolroes Wilson and Lucine Amara and another affiliate of the Central City Opera premiere production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: 1956

Jesephine Antoine and John Carter in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00001
Abstract

Josephine Antoine (left) and John Carter as Marenka (Maria) and Jenik in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

John Carter and Paul Kwartin in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00004
Abstract

Portrait of John Carter as Cout Almaviva and Paul Kwartin as Fiorello in costume for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

John Carter and Stella Andreva in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00010
Abstract

John Carter appears as 'Count Almaviva' and Stella Andreva plays 'Roslina' in the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

John Carter in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00003
Abstract

John Carter as Jenik in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Josephine Antoine in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00010
Abstract

Joesphine Antoine as Marenka (Maria) the daughter of Krusina and Ludmila, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

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