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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 804 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Salmi and Peggy Ann Garner in 'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00004
Abstract

Albert Salmi as Bo Decker holds Peggy Ann Garner as Cherie in a scene from the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop.'

Dates: 1955

Albert Salmi in 'Bus Stop', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0007.00020
Abstract

Photograph of Albert Salmir, an actor who performed as Bo Decker in the 1955 Central City production of 'Bus Stop,' watering a tree with a bottle of milk.

Dates: 1955

Alice Yourman in 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00012
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Alice Yourman as Aunt Ev in a scene in the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

Anna Kaskas in ''Il Trovatore''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0006.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Anna Kaskas, a contralto singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1939 production of "The Yeoman of the Guard" and the 1941 production of "Orfeo et Eurdice.", appears in the Metropolitan Opera production as Azucena in the opera ''Il Travatore.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Arthur Margetson, 1948

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0055.0007.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Arthur Margetson, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera as Almady in the 1948 production of 'The Plays The Thing.'

Dates: 1948

Arthur Penn for 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00013
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Arthur Penn the director of the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

Arthur Penn for 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00016
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Arthur Penn the director of the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00007
Abstract

Martha Lipton (left), Walter Cassel (center), and Dolores Wilson (right) appear in the Central City Opera premiere production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00018
Abstract

Unidentified performers appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00019
Abstract "Horace Tabor (sung by Walter Cassel) and Baby Doe (Dolores Wilson) first married in secret, and then later wed again in a lavish ceremony in Washington, DC. Designer Donald Oenslager created the elegant ballroom of the Willard Hotel for the wedding scene, pictured here at the world premiere in 1956. Oenslager designed eleven different sets and lighting for The Ballad of Baby Doe, as well as costumes for a cast of thirty-seven. The same sets were used for subsequent productions, including...
Dates: between 1956-1959

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