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:
Four Performers in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965
Four unidentified performers appear in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''
Four Unidentified Affiliates, 1966-1967
Black and white photograph of four unidentified CCOH affiliates standing in front of a ABC Denver camera in an unknown location.
Four Unidentified Affiliates Seated in Unknown Location
Black and white photograph of four unidentified affiliates seated in an unknown location.
Four Women in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959
Dolores Wilson (second from left) as Baby Doe and one other unidentified women and two unidentified girls perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''
Frank Fay in ''Harvey''
Informal portrait of Frank Fay, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1947 play ''Harvey.''
Frank Guarrera as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, 1959
Frank Guarrera poses for a publicity portrait. Guarrera appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe,'' performed at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
Frank Ricketson, Adelaide Bishop and Unidentified Affiliate, 1950
Black and white photograph of (from l to r) Frank Ricketson (CCOHA President), Adelaide Bishop (CCOH performer, soprano) with an unidentified affiliate gathering in unknown location.
Frank Ricketson, Adelaide Bishop and Unidentified Affiliates
Black and white photograph of Adelaide Bishop (third from left) standing next to Frank Ricketson (center) with a group of unidentified affiliates gathering in unknown location.
Frank Ricketson and Unidentified Affiliate on Early Central City Telephone
Black and white photograph of Frank Ricketson (front) listening in on an early Central City telephone with an unidentified affiliate in an unknown location.
Frank Ricketson At Reception
Black and white photograph of Frank Ricketson pouring punch at a reception in an unknown location with unidentified affiliates of the Central City Opera House and festival.
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