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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 1043 Collections and/or Records:

Brooks McCormack in ''Rigoletto''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0009.00004
Abstract

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.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Brooks McCormack in ''Rigoletto''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0009.00005
Abstract

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.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Brooks McCormack in ''Rigoletto''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0009.00006
Abstract

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.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Brooks McCormack in ''Rigoletto''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0009.00007
Abstract

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.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Brooks McCormack with Sir Toby the Chimpanzee

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0009.00008
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1930-1969

Calvin Marsh, 1958-1964

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0055.0012.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Calvin Marsh, a baritone opera singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera from 1958-1964 in various performances; As Don Pedro in the 1958 production of 'La Perichole,' and as Silvio in 'I Pagliacci,' and as Alfio in 'Cavalleria Rusticana' that same year, in 1961 as Georges Germont in 'La Traviata,' and as Belcore in 'The Elixir of Love,' and in 1964 as Sharpless in the production 'Madame Butterfly.'

Dates: 1958-1964

Calvin Marsh, 1958-1964

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0055.0012.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Calvin Marsh, a baritone opera singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera from 1958-1964 in various performances; As Don Pedro in the 1958 production of 'La Perichole,' and as Silvio in 'I Pagliacci,' and as Alfio in 'Cavalleria Rusticana' that same year, in 1961 as Georges Germont in 'La Traviata,' and as Belcore in 'The Elixir of Love,' and in 1964 as Sharpless in the production 'Madame Butterfly.'

Dates: 1958-1964

Carlottie Ordassy, 1964

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0015.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Carlottie Ordassy, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Cio-Cio-San in the opera ''Madame Butterfly.''

Dates: 1964

Carlton Gauld Head Shot, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0011.00002
Abstract

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."

Dates: 1951

Carlton Gauld Wearing a Hat, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0011.00001
Abstract

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".

Dates: 1951

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