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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:

Arthur Anderson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0035.0001.00002
Abstract

Arthur Anderson, a basso singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1940-1969

Arthur Anderson in ''Yeomen of the Guard'', 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0035.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Arthur Anderson, bass singer who performed with the Central City Opera in ''Yeomen of the Guard.''

Dates: 1939

Arthur Graham

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Arthur Graham, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season.

Dates: 1966

Arthur Graham

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0004.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Arthur Graham, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season.

Dates: 1966

Ballad of Baby Doe Cast, 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00003
Abstract

Martha Lipton, Walter cassel, and Dolores Wilson (from right to left) make up the cast of the 1956 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe', looking over score with musical director Emerson Buckley (left)

Dates: 1956

Ballad of Baby Doe Cast and Crew Take a Bow, between 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00006
Abstract ''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' cast, dramatists, musicians, and directors take a bow after a performance at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. Front row, left to right: Douglas Moore (composer), Emerson Buckley (music director), Walter Cassel (baritone, portrayed Horace Tabor), Martha Lipton (mezzo-soprano, portrayed Augusta Tabor), Dolores Wilson (soprano, portrayed Elizabeth ''Baby Doe'' Tabor), John Latouche (librettist), Hanya Holm (co-director and choreographer),...
Dates: between 1956-1959

Barbara Blanchard, 1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0003.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Barbara Blanchard, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1968

Barbara Blanchard, 1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0003.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Barbara Blanchard, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1968

Barbara Moore

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Identifier: M123.03.0057.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Barbara Moore, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

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

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