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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 801 Collections and/or Records:

Index Prints of the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00028
Abstract

Index prints of photographs depicting the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Individuals Affiliated with the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00004
Abstract

Left to right, Douglas Moore, Dolores Wilson who performed as 'Baby Doe' and Emerson Buckley, the conductor for the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: 1956

Individuals Affiliated with the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00005
Abstract

Frances Bible, Dolroes Wilson and Lucine Amara and another affiliate of the Central City Opera premiere production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: 1956

James A. Michener, 1964

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0016.00001
Abstract

Portrait of James A. Michener, an author who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1964

James Billings

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Identifier: M123.03.0037.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of James Billings, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

James Billings Head Shot

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Identifier: M123.03.0037.0001.00002
Abstract

Portrait of James Billings, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Jan Sterling, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Jan Sterling, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in Alec Copell's comedy mystery ''The Gazebo.''

Dates: 1959

Jan Sterling, 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0011.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Jan Sterling, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1959 comedy ''the Gazebo.''

Dates: 1956

Jan Sterling, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0011.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Jan Sterling, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1959 comedy ''the Gazebo.''

Dates: 1959

Jan Sterling, 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0011.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Jan Sterling, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1959 comedy ''the Gazebo.''

Dates: 1956

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