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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 78 Collections and/or Records:

Martha Lipton as Augusta Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00008
Abstract

Martha Lipton of the Metropolitan Opera poses for a publicity portrait. Lipton appeared as Augusta 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: between 1956-1959

Norman Cordon in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00007
Abstract

Norman Cordon as Kecal a marriage broker, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Philip Duey in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00006
Abstract

Philip Duey as Micha a rich landowner, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Plaque Comemorating the World Premiere of the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'' at Central City, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00037
Abstract

Two unidentified men prepare to mount a plaque comemorating the world premiere of the ''Balad of Baby Doe'' on July 7, 1956 at the Central City Opera.

Dates: between 1956-1959

Portrait of Thomas Andrew, Ballet Dancer, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0003.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Andrew,a male ballet dancer who taught and performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1958

Portrait of Thomas Andrew, Ballet Dancer, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0003.00002
Abstract

Thomas Andrew, a ballet dancer and teacher who worked with the Central City Opera performing in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1958

Scene in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00011
Abstract

(from left ro right) Helen Olheim, Louis D'Angelo, and Norman Cordon appear in a scene in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Scene in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00012
Abstract

Unidentified performers appear in a scene in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Six Men in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00032
Abstract

Walter Cassel (second from right) as Horace Tabor and five unidentified men perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Thomas Andrew, Ballet Dancer, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0003.00003
Abstract

Thomas Andrew, a ballet dancer and teacher who worked with the Central City Opera performing in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1958

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