Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
Biography
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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 801 Collections and/or Records:
W. Somerset Maugham, 1951
Portrait of W. Somerset Maugham, a playwright who wrote 'The Constant Wife' which the Central City Opera performed in 1951.
Walter Cassel as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959
Walter Cassel of the Metropolitan Opera poses for a publicity portrait. Cassel appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe" at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
Walter Slezak, 1937
Portrait of Walter Slezak, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the play ''A Doll's House'' as Torvald Helmer.
Walter Slezak, 1937
Portrait of Walter Slezak, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the play ''A Doll's House'' as Torvald Helmer.
Walter Taussig, 1958-1959
Portrait of Walter Taussig, a chorus master and conductor from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera as the assistant music director for six seasons.
Walter Taussig, 1958-1959
Portrait of Walter Taussig, a chorus master and conductor from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera as the assistant music director for six seasons.
Walter Taussig and Unidentified Affiliates
Black and white photograph of Walter Taussig (music director) seated on set with three unidentified affiliates for an unknown production at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
Welcome Event for Central City Festival, 1966-1967
Black and white photograph of unidentified CCOH affiliates at a welcome event for unknown Central City Festival on Saturday June 27.
Wendell Corey and Fay Roope in 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial', 1954
Photograph of Wendell Corey (front) as Greenwald, addresses the Court-Martial presided over by Fay Roope(seated above, center), a Capt. Blakely and the 'Silent-Six' in a scene from the 1954 Central City production of 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.'
Wendell Corey in 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'
Portrait of actor Wendell Corey who performed as Lt. Barney Greenwald in the 1954 Central City production of 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.'
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