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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:

All American Chorus Members Performing

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0003.00011
Abstract

Members of the All American Chorus perform in front of a dome-capped building.

Dates: 1957

All American Chorus Members with the Sign Advertising the Show ''Bus Stop''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0003.00007
Abstract

Members of The All American Chorus in front of a large bus with a sign advertising their show ''Bus Stop'' performed at Central City.

Dates: 1957

All American Chorus Performing in White Tuxedos

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0003.00016
Abstract

The All American Chorus performs on stage in white tuxedos.. Concert included works by John Philip Sousa (March, King Cotton), Franz Schubert (Overture to Rosamunde), Leo delibes (Ballet Music from Coppelia), Liszt-Saylor (Second Hungarian Rhapsody, performed y the trumpet Sextette), J.J. Richards (March, Shield of Liberty), and Louis Grossman (Czards from Der Geist des Woiwoden).

Dates: 1957

All American Chorus Singing Around a Piano

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0003.00006
Abstract

Members of The All American Chorus gather around a grand piano and sing together.

Dates: 1957

Allen Smith

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Allen Smith, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Spoletta in the opera ''Tosca.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Alumni Luncheon, 1965 July 3

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0006.00001
Abstract

Emerson Buckley (far left), Frank Ricketson Jr. (center) and other unidentified guests at the Central City Opera alumni luncheon on July 3, 1965.

Dates: 1965 July 3

Alumni Luncheon, 1965 July 3

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0006.00002
Abstract

Frank Ricketson Jr. (seated in striped suit coat) and unidentified guest standing at the head table at the Central City Opera alumni luncheon on July 3, 1965.

Dates: 1965 July 3

Alumni Luncheon, 1965 July 3

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0006.00003
Abstract

Frank Ricketson Jr. (far right), Emerson Buckley (third from right) and other unidentified guests linking arms at the Central City Opera alumni luncheon on July 3, 1965.

Dates: 1965 July 3

Alumni Meeting, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0004.00001
Abstract

Emerson Buckley (seated, far left) Hanya Holm (standing, left) and Frank Ricketson Jr. (standing, right) at the head table at the Central City Opera Alumni Meeting in 1966.

Dates: 1966

Alwin Nikolais

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0005.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Alwin Nikolais, a dance coreographer and composer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

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