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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:

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

Ballad of Baby Doe Dramatists and Directors, between 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00001
Abstract

''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' dramatists and directors (left to right) Edward Levy (co-director), Hanya Holm (co-director and choreographer), Douglas Moore (composer), and John Latouche (librettist) pose for a publicity photograph at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. The Central City Opera House was the site of the 1956 world premiere of the opera ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00013
Abstract

Unidentified performers appear in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00018
Abstract

Unidentified performers appear in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of the cast; (clockwise) Nino Ruisi (with umbrella) as Ambrogio, Louis D'Angelo as Doctor Bartolo, Stella Andreva as Rosina, John Carter as Coun Almarvia, Paul Kwartin as Fiorello,Edwina Eustis as Bertha and John Brownlee as Figaro, for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00002
Abstract

Portrait of (from left to right) Edwina Eustis as Bertha, Louis D'Angelo as Doctor Bartolo, Nino Ruisi as Ambrogio, and Jon Brownlee as Figaro for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Bill Borgstadt and Arlene (Last Name Illegible)

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Identifier: M123.03.0083.0005.00027
Abstract

Black and white photograph of two Central City affiliates, Bill Borgstadt and Arlene (last name illegible), look at a display in an unknown location.

Dates: 1951

Billboard Advertising 1933 Festival, 1933

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0002.00009
Abstract

Billboard for 1933 season reads, "The Central City Opera House, season of 1933, special New York Attraction, 16 Gala Performances, August 5 to 9, 1933. 'The Merry Widow,' with the following all star cast; Miss natalie Hall, Miss Gladys Swarthout, Mr. Richard Bonelli, Mr. Ernest McChesney, continued."

Dates: 1933

Billboard Advertising 1946 Festival, 1946

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0002.00006
Abstract

Billboard reads, " The Abduction from the Seraglio, Larry Bolton, John Carter, Marilyn Cotlow, Jerome Hines, Felix Knight, Paul Kwartin, Eleanor Steber. La Traviata, John Baker, Laszlo Chabay, William Hargrave, Paul Kwartin, Norma Lee Larkin, Igne Manski, John brooks McCormack, Florence Quartararo, Francesco Valentino, assistant conductor Karl Kritz, Kurt Adler, with a remarkable chorus, ballet and orchestra."

Dates: 1946

Billboard Advertising 1946 Festival, 1946

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0002.00007
Abstract

Billboard reads, " The Central City Opera House Assn. presents A victory Play festival, July 6th - July 28th 1946. Produced by Frank St. Leger, The Abduction from the Seraglio by Wolfgang Adadeus Mozart and La Traviata by Guiseppe Verdi, music conducted by Emil Cooper, production staged by Herbert Graf, Production designed by Donald Oenslager. The performances will be sung in English."

Dates: 1946

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