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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 1068 Collections and/or Records:

Claramae Turner, 1947

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0063.0007.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Claramae Turner, a contralto singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Nancy in the 1947 opera ''Martha.''

Dates: 1947

Claudia Pinza in ''The Tales of Hoffmann'', 1948

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0005.00001
Abstract

Claudia Pinza, a soprano singer from the San Francisco Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Antonia in the opera ''The Tales of Hoffmann.''

Dates: 1948

Clifford Harvuot

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Clifford Harvuot, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in "Cosi Fan Tutte" during the 1948 season, "Die Fledermaus" in 1949, "Don Pasquale" in 1950, "Die Fledermaus" in 1959, "The Elixer of Love" in 1961, and the "Girl of the Golden West" in 1962.

Dates: 1965

Clifford Harvuot

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0011.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Clifford Harvuot, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in "Cosi Fan Tutte" during the 1948 season, "Die Fledermaus" in 1949, "Don Pasquale" in 1950, "Die Fledermaus" in 1959, "The Elixer of Love" in 1961, and the "Girl of the Golden West" in 1962.

Dates: 1965

Clifford Harvuot

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0011.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Clifford Harvuot, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in "Cosi Fan Tutte" during the 1948 season, "Die Fledermaus" in 1949, "Don Pasquale" in 1950, "Die Fledermaus" in 1959, "The Elixer of Love" in 1961, and the "Girl of the Golden West" in 1962.

Dates: 1965

Clifford Harvuot

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0011.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Clifford Harvuot, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in "Cosi Fan Tutte" during the 1948 season, "Die Fledermaus" in 1949, "Don Pasquale" in 1950, "Die Fledermaus" in 1959, "The Elixer of Love" in 1961, and the "Girl of the Golden West" in 1962.

Dates: 1965

Clifford Harvuot and Central City Billboard, 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0011.00005
Abstract

Informal portrait of Clifford Harvuot, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in "Cosi Fan Tutte" during the 1948 season, "Die Fledermaus" in 1949, "Don Pasquale" in 1950, "Die Fledermaus" in 1959, "The Elixer of Love" in 1961, and the "Girl of the Golden West" in 1962. , near the Opera House billboard.

Dates: 1956

Corinne Curry, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0042.0003.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Corinne Curry, a mezzo-soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1966

Cornell MacNeil, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Cornell MacNeil, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera and the San Francisco Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the title role of the opera ''Rigoletto'' in 1957 and in the 1956 production of "La Tosca."

Dates: 1957

Cynthia Morey with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00001
Abstract

Photograph of Cynthia Morey who performed at the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Central City Opera House during the 1955 season as Phyllis in the production 'Iolanthe.'

Dates: 1955-1968

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