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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:

Louis D'Angelo as 'Bartolo' in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00009
Abstract

Louis D'Angelo appears as 'Bartolo' in the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Louis D'Angelo in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00009
Abstract

Louis D'Angelo as Krusina a rich peasant, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Louise D'Angelo in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00005
Abstract

Louise D'Angelo as Esmeralda a mamber of a traveling circus, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Man with a Drawn Sword in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00021
Abstract

An unidentified man draws his sword on another man in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Man with Guitar in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00025
Abstract

A man with a guitar leaning on the wall behind him sings in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Martha Lipton and Dolores Wilson in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00028
Abstract

Martha Lipton (right) as Augusta Tabor and Dolores Wilson (left) as Baby Doe perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Martha Lipton as Augusta Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00008
Abstract

Martha Lipton of the Metropolitan Opera poses for a publicity portrait. Lipton appeared as Augusta 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: between 1956-1959

Norman Cordon in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00007
Abstract

Norman Cordon as Kecal a marriage broker, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Philip Duey in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00006
Abstract

Philip Duey as Micha a rich landowner, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Plaque Comemorating the World Premiere of the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'' at Central City, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00037
Abstract

Two unidentified men prepare to mount a plaque comemorating the world premiere of the ''Balad of Baby Doe'' on July 7, 1956 at the Central City Opera.

Dates: between 1956-1959

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