Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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:
Shirley Booth Standing
Portrait of Shirley Booth, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1953 season in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "The Time of the Cuckoo" and in the production of "Harvey" during the 1971 season.
Shirley Booth with Theater Chairs
Shirley Booth (left), Portrait of Shirley Booth, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1953 season in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "The Time of the Cuckoo" and in the production of "Harvey" during the 1971 season.
Shirley Russell, 1953
Portrait of Shirley Russell, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1953 season as Anna Page in the production 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' and as Frasquita in 'Carmen.'
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Photograph of Sir Arthur Sullivan, an english composer who is best known for his 14 operatic collaborations with Sir William Gilbert.
Sir William Gilbert
Photograph of Sir William S. Gilbert, an english composer who is best known for his 14 operatic collaborations with Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Six Men in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959
Walter Cassel (second from right) as Horace Tabor and five unidentified men perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''
Sketch of Central City, Colorado, 1866
Sketch of Central City, Colorado by T. R. Davis from Harper's Weekly in 1866.
Small Billboard Advertising for 1954 Festival, 1954
Small billboard hung on brick wall for 1954 Central City festival, billboard reads," The Central City Opera House Assn. presents Faust and Ariadne auf Naxos, June 26-July 24, 1954."
Small Billboard Advertising 'Tamara' at the Teller House, 1932-1958
Small billboard hung on wall advertising 'Tamara' at the Teller House Night Club (possibly 1938), billboard reads," The Teller House Night Club special New York attraction, the international favorite, Tamara, Thursday and Saturday evenings."
Social Gathering of D'Oyly Carte and Central City Affiliates, 1955-1968
Photograph of a group of D'Oyly Carte and Central City affiliates socializing at an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.
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