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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:

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

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0003.00035
Abstract

Photograph of a group of D'Oyly Carte and Central City affiliates socializing near a pool in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1955-1968

Somer Alberg

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0006.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Somer Alberg; actor affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1940-1969

Somer Alberg

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0006.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Somer Alberg; actor affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1940-1969

Somer Alberg

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0006.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Somer Alberg; actor affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1940-1969

Spiro Malas, 1961-1964

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0055.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Spiro Malas, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera from 1961-1964; 1961 as Dr. Dulcamara in 'The Elixir of Love,' in 1962 as Jake Wallace in 'The Girl From the Golden West' and Benoit in 'La Boheme,' the 1963 production of'Don Giovanni' as Leporello, as Rutledge Blunt in the 1964 production of 'The Lady from Colorado' and as Prince Yamadori in 'Madame Butterfly' during the same season.

Dates: 1961-1964

Spiro Malas, 1961-1964

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0055.0001.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Spiro Malas, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera from 1961-1964; 1961 as Dr. Dulcamara in 'The Elixir of Love,' in 1962 as Jake Wallace in 'The Girl From the Golden West' and Benoit in 'La Boheme,' the 1963 production of'Don Giovanni' as Leporello, as Rutledge Blunt in the 1964 production of 'The Lady from Colorado' and as Prince Yamadori in 'Madame Butterfly' during the same season.

Dates: 1961-1964

Spiro Malas, 1961-1964

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0055.0001.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Spiro Malas, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera from 1961-1964; 1961 as Dr. Dulcamara in 'The Elixir of Love,' in 1962 as Jake Wallace in 'The Girl From the Golden West' and Benoit in 'La Boheme,' the 1963 production of'Don Giovanni' as Leporello, as Rutledge Blunt in the 1964 production of 'The Lady from Colorado' and as Prince Yamadori in 'Madame Butterfly' during the same season.

Dates: 1961-1964

Spiro Malas in ''Don Giovanni'', 1963

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Identifier: M123.03.0055.0001.00004
Abstract

Spiro Malas, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Leporello in the 1963 opera ''Don Giovanni.''

Dates: 1963

St. Aloysius Academy

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0006.00004
Abstract

Photograph of children and teachers from the St. Aloysius Academy in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1959

Stage Setup for ''Aida'', 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0002.00006
Abstract

Empty stage set up desgined by Robert O'Hearn for the Central City Opera production of ''Aida.''

Dates: 1960

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Type
Archival Object 2626
Collection 3
 
Subject
Opera 2539
Colorado 2484
Photographs 2400
Singers 1068
Actors 881