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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 40 Collections and/or Records:

Ernest Cossart

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Ernest Cossart, an actor who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Frank Guarrera as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00014
Abstract

Frank Guarrera poses for a publicity portrait. Guarrera appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe,'' performed at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1959

Gene Bullard, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0015.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Gene Bullard, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1965

Gene Bullard, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0015.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Gene Bullard, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1965

Gene Bullard, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0015.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Gene Bullard, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1965

Gene Bullard, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0015.00004
Abstract

Gene Bullard, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1965

Helen Freeman in ''Central City Nights'', 1935

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Identifier: M123.03.0045.0012.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Helen Freeman, performer who worked with the Central City Opera in the 1932 production of 'Camille', the 1934 production of 'Othello' and in 1935 in the production of 'Central City Nights', appears in Macbeth sleep walking scene as part of the opera ''Central City Nights.''

Dates: 1935

James Billings

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of James Billings, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

James Billings Head Shot

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Identifier: M123.03.0037.0001.00002
Abstract

Portrait of James Billings, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

John Buckmaster

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0014.00001
Abstract

Portrait of John Buckmaster, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

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