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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:

Mark Daniels, 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0003.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mark Daniels, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1936 production of "The Gondonliers" and the 1939 production of "The Yeoman of the Guard."

Dates: 1939

Martha Lipton as Augusta Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00008
Abstract

Martha Lipton of the Metropolitan Opera poses for a publicity portrait. Lipton appeared as Augusta 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: between 1956-1959

Percy Waram

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Percy Waram, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Robert Owens

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0009.00004
Abstract

Portrait of an unidentified member of the Central City Opera chorus.

Dates: 1930-1969

Robert Owens

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0009.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Robert Owens, a member of the Central City Opera chorus.

Dates: 1930-1969

Russell Swann

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0018.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Russell Swann, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Stanley Carlson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Stanley Carlson, a bass-baritone opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Steve Allen

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0010.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Steve Allen; affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1940-1969

Walter Cassel as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00015
Abstract

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.

Dates: between 1956-1959

William Keith

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of William Keith, a member of the Central City Opera chorus.

Dates: 1930-1969

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