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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:

Valerie Masterson in ''the Yeomen of the Guard''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0002.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Valerie Masterson, a soprano singer from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who performed with the Central City Opera during th 1968 season. Masterson performed as Yum-Yum in 'The Mikado,' as Elsie Maynard in 'the Yeoman of the Guard,' and as Mabel in 'the Pirates of Penzance', appears as Elsie Maynard in the opera ''The Yeomen of the Guard.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Vera Brynner, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0012.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Vera Brynner, an opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Saffi in the 1957 production of "The Gypsy Baron."

Dates: 1957

Vera Brynner, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0012.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Vera Brynner, an opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Saffi in the 1957 production of "The Gypsy Baron."

Dates: 1957

Vera Brynner, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0012.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Vera Brynner, an opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Saffi in the 1957 production of "The Gypsy Baron."

Dates: 1957

Vera Brynner, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0012.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Vera Brynner, an opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Saffi in the 1957 production of "The Gypsy Baron."

Dates: 1957

Vera Brynner, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0012.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Vera Brynner, an opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Saffi in the 1957 production of "The Gypsy Baron," with an unidentified child.

Dates: 1957

View From Unknown WindowView of Eureka Street From Unknown Window, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00012
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a view of Eureka Street from an unknown window with pieces of art on the sill and hanging from the ceiling in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1967

Vincent Barbi

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0006.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Vincent Barbi; a singer affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Virginia Grey Speaking at the Mobile Box Office, 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0006.00001
Abstract

Actress Virginia Grey speaks in front of the Central City Opera Festival Mobile Box-Office during the 1960 season, June 25-July 23.

Dates: 1960

Virginia Haskins

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0012.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Virginia Haskins, a coloratura soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1951 season as Galatea in "The Beautifil Galatea" and Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet."

Dates: 1930-1969

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