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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:

Man Standing With Wheeled Cart and Mule in Front of Theater

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00009
Abstract

Black and white photograph (postcard) of unidentified patron standing in front of the Central City Opera House (prior to it's 1931 renovations) with a mule and wheeled cart located in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Man with a Drawn Sword in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00021
Abstract

An unidentified man draws his sword on another man in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Man with Guitar in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00025
Abstract

A man with a guitar leaning on the wall behind him sings in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Margaret Waller, 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0003.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Margaret Waller, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Mrs. Linde in the 1937 play ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

Margaret Waller in ''A Doll's House'', 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0003.00002
Abstract

Margaret Waller, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Mrs. Christina Linde in the 1937 play ''A Doll's House.''

Dates: 1937

Marija Kova

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0018.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Marija Kova (front left), a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, with two unidentified individuals.

Dates: 1930-1969

Marija Kova

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0018.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Marija Kova, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Mark Daniels, 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0003.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mark Daniels, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1936 production of "The Gondonliers" and the 1939 production of "The Yeoman of the Guard."

Dates: 1939

Marshall Sprague

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0008.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Marshall Sprague; a writer affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Marshall Sprague with a Dog and a Snowman

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0008.00002
Abstract

Informal portrait of Marshall Sprague with a dog and a snowman; a writer affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

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