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 675 Collections and/or Records:
Brooks McCormack in ''Rigoletto''
Portrait of Brooks McCormack, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1946 production of "La Traviata" and the 1950 production of "Madame Butterfly", appears as the Duke in the opera ''Rigoletto.''
Brooks McCormack with Sir Toby the Chimpanzee
Informal portrait of Brooks McCormack, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera and the Chicago Opera Company who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1946 production of "La Traviata" and the 1950 production of "Madame Butterfly", with Sir Toby the chimpanzee from the Cincinnati Zoo.
Carlton Gauld Head Shot, 1951
Portrait of Carlton Gauld, a bass-baritone singer who performed the title role of Don Pasquale with the Central City Opera during the 1951 season in the production of "Don Pasquale."
Carlton Gauld Wearing a Hat, 1951
Portrait of Carlton Gauld, a bass-baritone singer who performed the title role of Don Pasquale with the Central City Opera during the 1951 in the production of "Don Pasquale".
Cecilia Ward, 1958
Portrait of Cecilia Ward, a mezzo-soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1958 season in the opera ''Cavalleria Rusticana'' as Lola and ''La Perichole'' as Berginella.
Cecilia Ward, 1958
Portrait of Cecilia Ward, a mezzo-soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1958 season in the opera ''Cavalleria Rusticana'' as Lola and ''La Perichole'' as Berginella.
Cecilia Ward, 1958
Portrait of Cecilia Ward, a mezzo-soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1958 season in the opera ''Cavalleria Rusticana'' as Lola and ''La Perichole'' as Berginella.
Cecilia Ward, 1958
Portrait of Cecilia Ward, a mezzo-soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1958 season in the opera ''Cavalleria Rusticana'' as Lola and ''La Perichole'' as Berginella.
Central City Opera Chorus Member
Portrait of an unidentified member of the Central City Opera chorus.
Central City Publicity for "The Merry Widow" Vol 2, Book 2; Biographies of the Stars etc., 1933
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