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 801 Collections and/or Records:
Donald T. Carney
Portrait of Donald T. Carney; affiliated with the Central City Opera.
Donna Zimmerman, 1961
Informal portrait of Donna Zimmermann, a child actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1961 production 'the Miracle Worker' as Helen Keller, next to the billboard for the show.
Donna Zimmerman Looking at ''The Lady on the Bar Room Floor'', 1961
Donna Zimmermann, a child actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Helen Keller in the 1961 production 'The Miracle Worker,' looks at the painted 'Lady on the Bar Room Floor.'
Donna Zimmerman Throwing Rocks in the Mountains, 1961
Donna Zimmermann, a child actress who performed with the Central City Opera as helen Keller in the 1961 production 'The Miracle Worker,', thows rocks off a cliff in the mountains.
Donna Zimmerman with her six Brothers, 1961
Informal portrait of Donna Zimmermann, a child actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Helen Keller in the 1961 production 'The Miracle Worker,' and her six brothers between halves of their football game.
Dorothy Chapman in 'Central City Nights', 1935
Photograph of Dorothy Chapman in costume backstage in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'
Dr. Elemer Nagy and Two Unidentified Affiliates, 1951
Black and white photograph of Dr. Elemer Nagy reading a photo album with two unidentified affiliates as part of the 1951 Central City Opera Festival.
Dr. Emerson Buckley, 1966
Photograph of Emerson Buckley (left), a conductor and music director who worked with the Central City Opera from 1965-1960, 1964, 1967, 1969, and 1976. Emerson Buckley was the music director for the first three productions of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at Central City, poses for a photograph with Mr. And Mrs. Acter.
Earl Copping and Jim Carey Working on Scenery, 1963 June 16
Black and white photograph of stage hands Earl Copping (foreground) and Jim Carey (balcony), working on stage props for the 1963 opera season festival at the Central City Opera Festival.
Eddie Mayehoff
Portrait of Eddie Mayehoff, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1960 production of 'A Thurber Carnival'.
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