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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 1068 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Styler in 'Trial by Jury', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00011
Abstract

Photograph of Alan Styler as Counsel in the 1955 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'Trial by Jury' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955

Alan Styler Signing Autographs, 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00023
Abstract

Photograph of Alan Styler signing autographs for Mary Ann Hill and Milton Hill. The hill's came from Famington N.M. with their parents Mr & Mrs. Byron M. hill, especially to see the D'Oyly Carte production of 'Iolanthe.'

Dates: 1955

Allen Smith

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Allen Smith, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Spoletta in the opera ''Tosca.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Andrew Gainey

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0004.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Andrew Gainey, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1951 season.

Dates: 1948-1951

Andrew Gainey

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0004.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Andrew Gainey, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1951 season.

Dates: 1948-1951

Andrew Gainey Head Shot

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0004.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Andrew Gainey, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1951 season.

Dates: 1948-1951

Andrew Gainey in Tuxedo

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0004.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Andrew Gainey, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1951 season.

Dates: 1948-1951

Andrew Gainey Wearing Bow Tie

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0004.00006
Abstract

Portrait of Andrew Gainey, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1951 season.

Dates: 1948-1951

Andrew Gainey Wearing Polke Dot Tie

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Andrew Gainey, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1951 season.

Dates: 1948-1951

Ann Ayars, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0035.0007.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Ann Ayars, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1952 production of "La Boheme" as Mimi.

Dates: 1952

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