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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:

Shirley Booth Standing

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0011.00002
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1930-1969

Shirley Booth with Theater Chairs

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0011.00009
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1930-1969

Shirley Russell, 1953

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0060.0019.00001
Abstract

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.'

Dates: 1953

Sir Arthur Sullivan

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Identifier: M123.03.0075.0004.00001
Abstract

Photograph of Sir Arthur Sullivan, an english composer who is best known for his 14 operatic collaborations with Sir William Gilbert.

Dates: 1955-1968

Sir William Gilbert

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0004.00002
Abstract

Photograph of Sir William S. Gilbert, an english composer who is best known for his 14 operatic collaborations with Sir Arthur Sullivan.

Dates: 1955-1968

Six Men in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00032
Abstract

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.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Sketch of Central City, Colorado, 1866

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Identifier: M123.03.0072.0006.00006
Abstract

Sketch of Central City, Colorado by T. R. Davis from Harper's Weekly in 1866.

Dates: 1866

Small Billboard Advertising for 1954 Festival, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0002.00024
Abstract

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."

Dates: 1954

Small Billboard Advertising 'Tamara' at the Teller House, 1932-1958

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0002.00025
Abstract

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."

Dates: 1932-1958

Social Gathering of D'Oyly Carte and Central City Affiliates, 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0003.00033
Abstract

Photograph of a group of D'Oyly Carte and Central City affiliates socializing at an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1955-1968

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