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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:

Dominic Cossa

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0017.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Dominic Cossa, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1966-1969

Dominic Cossa in ''The Barber of Seville''

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Identifier: M123.03.0040.0017.00006
Abstract

Dominic Cossa, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Figaro in the opera ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: 1966-1969

Don Yule

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0014.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Don Yule, a basso opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Cesare Angelotti in the 1969 production of 'Tosca,' as Pistol in the 1972 production of 'Falstaff,' and as Basilio in 'The Barber of Seville' that same season.

Dates: 1966-1968

Don Yule in ''Carrie Nation'', 1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0014.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Don Yule, a basso opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Cesare Angelotti in the 1969 production of 'Tosca,' as Pistol in the 1972 production of 'Falstaff,' and as Basilio in 'The Barber of Seville' that same season, appears as The City Marshall in Douglas Moore's opera ''Carrie Nation.''

Dates: 1968

Don Yule in ''The Marriage of Figaro'', 1968

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Identifier: M123.03.0066.0014.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Don Yule, a basso opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Cesare Angelotti in the 1969 production of 'Tosca,' as Pistol in the 1972 production of 'Falstaff,' and as Basilio in 'The Barber of Seville' that same season, appears as Dr. Bartolo in the opera ''The Marriage of Figaro.''

Dates: 1968

Don Yule in ''Tosca'', 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0014.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Don Yule, a basso opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Cesare Angelotti in the 1969 production of 'Tosca,' as Pistol in the 1972 production of 'Falstaff,' and as Basilio in 'The Barber of Seville' that same season, appears as The Jailor in the opera ''Tosca.''

Dates: 1966

Donald Adams, 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Donald Adams, a performer who worked with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who performed works by Gilbert and Sullivan during the 1955 and 1968 seasons at Central City Opera, Adams played Dick Deadeye in "H.M.S. Pinafore" and the Earl of Mountararat in "Iolanthe."

Dates: 1955-1968

Donald Adams and Muriel Harding (Mrs. Donald Adams), 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00027
Abstract

Photograph of Donald Adams and Muriel Harding (Mrs. Donald Adams) who were members of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company that performed at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1955

Donald Adams in "H.M.S. Pinafore", 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0001.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Donald Adams, a performer with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who performed works by Gilbert and Sullivan during the 1955 and 1968 seasons at Central City Opera, Adams played Dick Deadeye in "H.M.S. Pinafore" , the Earl of Mountararat in "Iolanthe", the Pirate King in "The Pirates of Penzance", and the Mikado in "The Mikado" , performs in costume as Dick Deadeye in the production of "H.M.S. Pinafore."

Dates: 1955-1968

Donald Adams in ''Iolanthe'', 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0001.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Donald Adams, a performer with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who performed works by Gilbert and Sullivan during the 1955 and 1968 seasons at Central City Opera, Adams played Dick Deadeye in "H.M.S. Pinafore" , the Earl of Mountararat in "Iolanthe", the Pirate King in "The Pirates of Penzance", and the Mikado in "The Mikado" , performs in costume as the Earl of Mountararat in the production of "Iolanthe."

Dates: 1955-1968

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