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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

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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 2542 Collections and/or Records:

Barbara Moore and Barbara O'Neil in ''And Perhaps Happiness'', 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0005.00011
Abstract

Barbara Moore (left) as Sylvia and Barbara O'Neil (right) as Hesper Bowman in the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness.''

Dates: 1958

Barbara Moore and Mason Alan Dinehart in ''And Perhaps Happiness'', 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0005.00010
Abstract

Barbara Moore (left) as Sylvia and Mason Alan Dinehart (right) as Jonathan in the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness.''

Dates: 1958

Barbara Moore in ''...And Perhaps Happiness'', 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0005.00003
Abstract

Barbara Moore performs as Sylvia in the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness.''

Dates: 1958

''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of the cast; (clockwise) Nino Ruisi (with umbrella) as Ambrogio, Louis D'Angelo as Doctor Bartolo, Stella Andreva as Rosina, John Carter as Coun Almarvia, Paul Kwartin as Fiorello,Edwina Eustis as Bertha and John Brownlee as Figaro, for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00002
Abstract

Portrait of (from left to right) Edwina Eustis as Bertha, Louis D'Angelo as Doctor Bartolo, Nino Ruisi as Ambrogio, and Jon Brownlee as Figaro for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00013
Abstract

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

Dates: between 1941-1965

''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00018
Abstract

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

Dates: between 1941-1965

Barber of Seville, 1941-1965, 1941-1965

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002
Abstract

This folder contains photos from Central City's production of the Barber of Seville.

Dates: 1941-1965

Barre Hill in ''The Gondoliers'', 1936

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0005.00001
Abstract

Barre Hill, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera, appears as Luiz in the 1936 opera ''The Gondoliers.''

Dates: 1936

Bartered Bride, 1940, 1940

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004
Abstract

This folder contains photos of the Central City Opera House production of Bartered Bride.

Dates: 1940

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