Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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 2340 Collections and/or Records:
Billboard Advertising Unknown Festival, 1932-1958
Billboard for unknown season (possibly 1939) reads, " With an all star New York Cast; Mr. Arthus Anderson, Mis Hilda Burka, Mr. Mark Daniels, Mr. Richard Hale, Miss Natalie Hall, Mr. John Jameson, Miss Anna Kaskas, Mr. Clair Kramer, Mr. Charles Kullman, and a remarkable ensemble staged by Felix Brentano, associate producer Mr. Richarde Aldrich, the music under the direction of Mr. Frank St. Leger."
Billboard Advertising Unknown Festival, 1932-1958
Billboard for unknown (possibly 1952) season reads," the stars an exceptional New York cast in person; Ann Ayers, Frances Bible, Anne Bollinger, Michael Bondon, Algerd Brazis, Davis Cunningham, Jean Gibbons, Dean Hutchings, Helen Laird, Virginia MacWatters, James McCracken, Brenda Miller, James Pease, David Poleria, Charles Post, Hugh Thompson, Frank Valentino, Luigi Vellucci,Elinor Warren, Chester Watson, with a remarkable chorus and orchestra."
Billboard Advertising Unknown Festival, 1932-1958
Billboard From 'A Masked Ball', 1967
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. '
Billboards (1 of 2), 1932-1958, 1932-1958
This folder contains photos of billboards advertising shows at the Central City Opera House.
Billboards (2 of 2), 1932-1958, 1932-1958
This folder contains photos of billboards advertising shows at the Central City Opera House.
Billboards for D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and 'Bus Stop', 1955
Billy Hamilton and 'The Lady on the Bar Room Floor'
Billy Hamilton, affiliated with the Central City Opera, takes a close up look at the lady on the bar room floor.
Billy Hamilton Looks at the Billboard, 1954
Billy Hamilton, affiliated with the Central City Opera, looks at the Central City Opera House billboard advertising the 1954 Central City Festival.
Billy Hamilton Sitting Inside
Billy Hamilton, affiliated with the Central City Opera, sits near a door.
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