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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

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__ __ __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 1068 Collections and/or Records:

Central City Opera Chorus Member

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0009.00003
Abstract

Portrait of an unidentified member of the Central City Opera chorus.

Dates: 1930-1969

Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe Wedding Celebration Scene, 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00002
Abstract

Walter Cassel and Dolores Wilson portray Horace and Baby Doe Tabor in the wedding celebration scene of a production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1956-1959

Central City Opera's the Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00027
Abstract

Clifford Harvuot (front and left of center with mustache) appears as Horace Tabor, with Mary McMurray (Augusta Tabor) and Osie Hawkins (footman), in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe" at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1956-1959

Central City Publicity for "The Merry Widow" Vol 2, Book 2; Biographies of the Stars etc., 1933

 Item
Identifier: M123.04.0003.0002.00001
Abstract Bound book of biographies and print material of the stars of the 1933 production The Merry Widow. Book includes page from New York Magazine Program with a short biography of Natalie Hall. Press Book on Richard Bonelli titled, ‘Leading Baritone; Metropolitan Opera Company’. Pamphlet and Press Book for Gladys Swarthout both printed by NBC Artists Service. Short typed biography of Lee Whitney and envelope with inscription ‘Lee Whitney’s Personal Data’. Pamphlet and Press Book for Frank Chapman...
Dates: 1933

Charles Anthony, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0035.0005.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Charles Anthony, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Brighella in the 1954 opera "Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1965

Charles Anthony, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0035.0005.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Charles Anthony, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Brighella in the 1954 opera "Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1965

Charles Anthony, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0035.0005.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Charles Anthony, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Brighella in the 1954 opera "Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1965

Charles Anthony, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0035.0005.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Charles Anthony, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Brighella in the 1954 opera "Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1965

Charles Anthony, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0035.0005.00006
Abstract

Portrait of Charles Anthony, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Brighella in the 1954 opera "Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1965

Charles Anthony in ''Ariadne'', 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0035.0005.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Charles Anthony, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Brighella in the 1954 opera "Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1965

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