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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 2340 Collections and/or Records:

Tom Ewell with his Family, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0011.00008
Abstract

Tom Ewell, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1959 production of 'The Gazebo', outside with his family.

Dates: 1959

Tom Ewell with his Family, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0011.00009
Abstract

Tom Ewell, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera, outside with his family.

Dates: 1959

Two Affiliates Playing Pool

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00026
Abstract

Black and white photograph of two undentified affiliates playing pool in an unknown location.

Dates: 1930-1969

Two Central City Affiliates in Costume, 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0003.00001
Abstract

Photograph of two unidentified Central City performers in costume for an unknown performance.

Dates: 1955-1968

Two Central City Affiliates Point Guns At Billbord for the 1960 Opera Festival, 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001.00018
Abstract Two unidentified men stand next to the billboard for the 1960 Opera Festival in costume with guns pointed at the billboard. Billboard reads, "Central City Opera House Association present twenty-ninth annual opera festival June 25th through July 23rd 1960. Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, english translation by Martha Winburn England. Lucia Di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, enshlis adaptation by Robert A. Simon, Emerson Buckley...
Dates: 1960

Two Individuals Affiliated with the Productions ''Faust'' in an Old Car, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00015
Abstract

Louis Sgarro and an unidentified woman affiliated with the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Faust'' sit together in a classic car.

Dates: 1954

Two individuals and a Spining Wheel, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00002
Abstract

Two individuals affiliated with the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust'' in a textile room with a spinning wheel.

Dates: 1954

Two Men in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00011
Abstract

Two unidentified men perform in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Two Men in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00012
Abstract

Two unidentified men perform in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Two Men in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00015
Abstract

Two unidentified men appear in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

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Opera 2338
Photographs 2338
Colorado 2233
Singers 1043
Actors 880