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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 17 Collections and/or Records:

Ballad of Baby Doe Cast, 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00003
Abstract

Martha Lipton, Walter cassel, and Dolores Wilson (from right to left) make up the cast of the 1956 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe', looking over score with musical director Emerson Buckley (left)

Dates: 1956

Ballad of Baby Doe Cast and Crew Take a Bow, between 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00006
Abstract ''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' cast, dramatists, musicians, and directors take a bow after a performance at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. Front row, left to right: Douglas Moore (composer), Emerson Buckley (music director), Walter Cassel (baritone, portrayed Horace Tabor), Martha Lipton (mezzo-soprano, portrayed Augusta Tabor), Dolores Wilson (soprano, portrayed Elizabeth ''Baby Doe'' Tabor), John Latouche (librettist), Hanya Holm (co-director and choreographer),...
Dates: between 1956-1959

Ballad of Baby Doe Dramatists and Directors, between 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00001
Abstract

''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' dramatists and directors (left to right) Edward Levy (co-director), Hanya Holm (co-director and choreographer), Douglas Moore (composer), and John Latouche (librettist) pose for a publicity photograph at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. The Central City Opera House was the site of the 1956 world premiere of the opera ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Board of Directors - Opening of the Little Kingdom Room, 1955

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Identifier: M123.01.0031.0002.00002
Abstract

Group portrait of the 1955 Board of Directors at the grand opening of the Little Kingdom Room.

Dates: 1955

Central City Opera Festival - Teller House, 1952

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Identifier: M123.01.0031.0002.00001
Abstract

People in period costumes from the early 1900's participate in the opening of the 1952 Central City Opera Festival on Main Street in front of the famous Teller Building.

Dates: 1952

Central City Opera House Billboard - ''Othello'', 1934

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Identifier: M123.01.0031.0002.00003
Abstract

Photograph of the Central City Opera House billboard advertising the 1934 production of ''Othello,'' staring Walter Huston.

Dates: 1934

Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe Wedding Celebration Scene, 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00002
Abstract

Walter Cassel and Dolores Wilson portray Horace and Baby Doe Tabor in the wedding celebration scene of a production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1956-1959

Central City Opera's the Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00027
Abstract

Clifford Harvuot (front and left of center with mustache) appears as Horace Tabor, with Mary McMurray (Augusta Tabor) and Osie Hawkins (footman), in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe" at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1956-1959

Central City Publicity for "The Merry Widow" Vol 2, Book 2; Biographies of the Stars etc., 1933

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Identifier: M123.04.0003.0002.00001
Abstract Bound book of biographies and print material of the stars of the 1933 production The Merry Widow. Book includes page from New York Magazine Program with a short biography of Natalie Hall. Press Book on Richard Bonelli titled, ‘Leading Baritone; Metropolitan Opera Company’. Pamphlet and Press Book for Gladys Swarthout both printed by NBC Artists Service. Short typed biography of Lee Whitney and envelope with inscription ‘Lee Whitney’s Personal Data’. Pamphlet and Press Book for Frank Chapman...
Dates: 1933

Chester Ludgin as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00016
Abstract

Chester Ludgin poses for a publicity photograph. Ludgin appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe," performed in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1956-1959

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