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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 770 Collections and/or Records:

Larry Bolton in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00004
Abstract

Larry Bolton as Springer the circus master, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Larry Wylie and the Central City Dancers, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00002
Abstract

Black and white photograph Larry Wylie (caller, in back of photo) and the Central City Dancers at the Williams' Stables in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1967

Larry Wylie and the Central City Dancers, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00003
Abstract

Black and white photograph Larry Wylie (caller, in back of photo) and the Central City Dancers at the Williams' Stables in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1967

Lawrence Daniels

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Lawrence Daniels; affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Lee Bowman, 1962

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Lee Bowman, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1962 theater production of "Mary, Mary."

Dates: 1962

Leo Mueller

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Leo Mueller, a conductor and choir master from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Leo Mueller

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0011.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Leo Mueller, a conductor and choir master from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Leyna Gabriele Head Shot, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0001.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Leyna Gabriele, a coloratura soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in their world premiere of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" in 1956. Leyna became one of the two soprano's to play the role of Elizabeth-Baby Doe.

Dates: 1954

Leyna Gabriele in Costume

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0001.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Leyna Gabriele , a coloratura soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in their world premiere of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" in 1956, with Douglas Moore. Leyna became one of the two soprano's to play the role of Elizabeth-Baby Doe.

Dates: 1954

Leyna Gabriele Wearing Pearl Necklace, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0001.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Leyna Gabriele, a coloratura soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in their world premiere of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" in 1956. Leyna became one of the two soprano's to play the role of Elizabeth-Baby Doe.

Dates: 1954

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