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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 2629 Collections and/or Records:

Scene from the 'The Mikado', 1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00009
Abstract

Photograph of three unidentified performers in the 1968 production of 'The Mikado' by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1968

Scene in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00011
Abstract

(from left ro right) Helen Olheim, Louis D'Angelo, and Norman Cordon appear in a scene in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Scene in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00012
Abstract

Unidentified performers appear in a scene in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Scene in 'The Yeoman of the Guard', 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0009.00005
Abstract

Photograph of unidentified performers in the Central City Opera House 1939 production of 'The Yeoman of the Guard,' in central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1939

Scene in 'The Yeoman of the Guard', 1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0009.00006
Abstract

Photograph of John Reed as jack Point and Valeria Masterson as Elsie Maynard in the D'Oyly carte Opera Company 1968 production f 'The Yeoman of the Guard,' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1968

Scott Elliott in 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0071.0003.00024
Abstract

Photograph actor Scott Elliott who performed as Lt (Jr. Grade) Willis Seward Keith in a dressing room for the 1954 Central City production of 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.'

Dates: 1954

Sculpture by Leonard Schwartz, 1948

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0061.0010.00003
Abstract

Photograph of 'Siren,' a sculpture created by Leonard Schwartz, a sculptor who presented a one-man art show through the Central City Gilpin County Arts Association.

Dates: 1948

Set Sketches

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0014.00008
Abstract

Sketches of a stage set, drawn by Elemer Nagy, a stage director and set designer who worked with the Central City Opera from 1949-1957.

Dates: 1930-1969

Sheila Barrett, 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0008.00001
Abstract

Informal portrait of Sheila Barrett, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1937

Sheila Barrett, 1937

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0008.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Sheila Barrett, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, at the Teller House night club durring the 1937 Central City Festival.

Dates: 1937

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