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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:

Earl Copping and Jim Carey Working on Scenery, 1963 June 16

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0005.00003
Abstract

Black and white photograph of stage hands Earl Copping (foreground) and Jim Carey (balcony), working on stage props for the 1963 opera season festival at the Central City Opera Festival.

Dates: 1963 June 16

Eddie Mayehoff

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Eddie Mayehoff, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1960 production of 'A Thurber Carnival'.

Dates: 1930-1969

Eddie Mayehoff

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0004.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Eddie Mayehoff, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1960 production of 'A Thurber Carnival."

Dates: 1930-1969

Edward Stahl, 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Edward Stahl, an assistant coductor from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1961

Edwina Eustis and John Brownlee in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Edwina Eustis as Bertha and John Brownlee as Figaro in costume for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Edwina Eustis and John Brownlee in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00006
Abstract

Portrait of Edwina Eustis (left) as Bertha and John Brownlee (right) as Figaro in costume for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Eileen Brennan, 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0005.00003
Abstract

Eileen Brennan, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Anne Sullivan in the 1962 production of "The Miracle Worker."

Dates: 1961

Eileen Brennan, 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0005.00001
Abstract

Eileen Brennan, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Anne Sullivan in the 1962 production of "The Miracle Worker."

Dates: 1961

Eileen Brennan, 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0005.00002
Abstract

Eileen Brennan, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Anne Sullivan in the 1962 production of "The Miracle Worker."

Dates: 1961

Eileen Brennan and Donna Zimmerman in 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00002
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Eileen Brennan performign as Anne Sullivan and Donna Zimmerman (right) as Helen Keller in the 1961 Central City Opera House Festival production of 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

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