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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 675 Collections and/or Records:

Davis Cunningham in an Unidentified Production

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0042.0002.00003
Abstract

Davis Cunningham, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1949 production of 'Die Fledermaus,''Don Pasquale' in 1950, 'Romeo and Juliet' in 1951,'La Boheme' in 1952, 'Carmen' in 1953,'The Gypsy Baron' in 1957 and 'The Lady From Colorado' in 1964, in costume for an unidentified production.

Dates: 1953-1957

Davis Cunningham in ''La Boheme''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0042.0002.00004
Abstract

Davis Cunningham, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1949 production of 'Die Fledermaus,''Don Pasquale' in 1950, 'Romeo and Juliet' in 1951,'La Boheme' in 1952, 'Carmen' in 1953,'The Gypsy Baron' in 1957 and 'The Lady From Colorado' in 1964, in costume as Rudolpho in the opera ''La Boheme.''

Dates: 1953-1957

Dean Hutchings, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0009.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Dean Hutchings, a member of the Central City Opera chorus who performed in the 1951 production fo 'Romeo and Juliet' as Gregorio.

Dates: 1951

Delos Chappell

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0007.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Delos Chappell; affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Dezso Ernster, 1953

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0005.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Dezso Ernster, a basso singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1953 production of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' as Sir John Falstaff.

Dates: 1953

Dezso Ernster, 1953

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0005.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Dezso Ernster, a basso singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Sir John Falstaff in the opera ''The Merry Wives of Windsor.''

Dates: 1953

Dezso Ernster, 1953

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0005.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Dezso Ernster, a basso singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1953 production of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' as Sir John Falstaff.

Dates: 1953

Dominic Cossa

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0017.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Dominic Cossa, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1966-1969

Dominic Cossa

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0017.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Dominic Cossa, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1966-1969

Dominic Cossa

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0017.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Dominic Cossa, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1966-1969

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