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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 85 Collections and/or Records:

Edwina Eustis and John Brownlee in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00006
Abstract

Portrait of Edwina Eustis (left) as Bertha and John Brownlee (right) as Figaro in costume for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Five Women in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00024
Abstract

Dolores Wilson and four unidentified women perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Five Women in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00031
Abstract

Martha Lipton (seated, center) as Augusta Tabor and four unidentified women perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Four Performers in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00017
Abstract

Four unidentified performers appear in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Four Women in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00035
Abstract

Dolores Wilson (second from left) as Baby Doe and one other unidentified women and two unidentified girls perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Frank Guarrera as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00014
Abstract

Frank Guarrera poses for a publicity portrait. Guarrera appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe,'' performed at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1959

George Rasely in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00008
Abstract

George Rasely as Vasek the son of Micha and Hata, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Helen Olheim as Ludmila in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00002
Abstract

Helen Olheim as Ludmila in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Index Prints of the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00028
Abstract

Index prints of photographs depicting the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Individuals Affiliated with the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00004
Abstract

Left to right, Douglas Moore, Dolores Wilson who performed as 'Baby Doe' and Emerson Buckley, the conductor for the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: 1956

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