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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:

Nica Doret in ''Central City Nights'', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0018.00002
Abstract

Nica Doret, a dancer who worked with the Central City Opera, apears in costume for the 1935 production of ''Central City Nights.''

Dates: 1935

Nica Doret in ''Central City Nights'', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0018.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Nica Doret, a dancer who worked with the Central City Opera, in costume for the 1935 production of ''Central City Nights.''

Dates: 1935

Nica Doret in 'Central City Nights', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0004.00003
Abstract

Signed photograph of Nica Doretl, a performer in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'

Dates: 1935

Nica Doret in 'Central City Nights', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0004.00011
Abstract

Photograph of Nica Doret in costume backstage in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'

Dates: 1935

Norman Cordon in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00007
Abstract

Norman Cordon as Kecal a marriage broker, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Olive Dunbar

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Identifier: M123.03.0043.0021.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Olive Dunbar, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Opera Ball 1954, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0001.00001
Abstract Black and white photograph of unidentified affiliates attending the Central City Opera House 'Opera Ball.' Program for event reads: 'You are cordially invited to attend The Opera ball Saturday, July First, at eleven o'clock. Teller House Central City, Colorado. $3.85 perperson - Johnny Neill Orchestra. Costumes or evening dress, supper and dancing, Mrs. Claude Boettcher, Mrs Henry Van Schaack Co-chairmen. Reservations must be made in advance, enclose check to Mrs. Davis Moore, 265 Vine...
Dates: 1954

Opera House 1952, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0003.00004
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the front of the central City Opera House located in central City, Colorado during to the 1952 festival season.

Dates: 1952

Opera House 1958, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0003.00003
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the front of the central City Opera House located in central City, Colorado prior to the 1958 festival season.

Dates: 1958

Opera House 1967, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0003.00005
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the front of the central City Opera House located in central City, Colorado prior to the 1957 festival season. Signs on building read: ' Central City Opera House, Property of The University of Denver, College and Seminary.' 'Central City Opera House, Watch for announcments of the 1967 Festival.'

Dates: 1967

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