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 770 Collections and/or Records:
Chairs in Opera House Interior
Black and white photograph of the chairs in the interior of the hall of the Opera House. Photograph can also be found in 'Central City Opera; Looking Back Over Sixty Year 1932-1992' caption reads: In the early years, the interior featured sturdy hickory chairs (now cushioned), and a center aisle which no longer exists. This view shows John Massman's ceiling frescoes before the 1987 restoration. '
Charles Laughton in 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'
Portrait of Charles Laughton who directed the 1954 Central City production of 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.'
Chester Ludgin as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959
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.
Christopher West, 1966
Portrait of Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on "The Lady from Colorado" and " Madame Butterfly."
Christopher West, 1966
Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on the productions "The Lady from Colorado" and "Madame Butterfly."
Christopher West at his Desk, 1966
Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on the productions "The Lady from Colorado" and "Madame Butterfly", works at his desk.
Clifford Harvuot and Dr. Elemer Nagy
Black and white photograph of Clifford Harvuot (center, baritone) and Dr. Elemer Nagy (production staff) at an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.
Clifford Neudahl in 'Central City Nights', 1935
Signed photograph of Clifford Neudahl, a performer in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'
Clifford Neudahl in 'Central City Nights', 1935
Photograph of Clifford Neudahl the leading tenor and chorus in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'
Clifford Neudahl in 'Central City Nights', 1935
Photograph of Clifford Neudahl the leading tenor and chorus in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'
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