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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 804 Collections and/or Records:

Billboard Advertising 1954 Festival, 1954

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0002.00029
Abstract

Billboard reads, " Twenty third annual play festival, Central City Opera House Assn. and Paul Gregory present July 31- August 28, 1954. Paul Douglas, Wendell Corey, Steve Brodie in Herman Wouk's 'The caine Mutiny Court Martial.' Directed by Charles Laughton through arrangements by George Somnes."

Dates: 1954

Billboard Advertising Bus Stop, 1932-1958

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001.00004
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Sign for Bus Stop opera in room surrounded by wooden chairs, reading ''Central City Opera House Assn. and Whitehead-Stevens Productions Inc. Present August 6-September 3, 1955 Bus Stop by William Inge Starring Peggy Ann Garner, Albert Salmi, and Glenn Anders, Directed by Harold Clurman.''

Dates: 1932-1958

Billboard Advertising for 1938 Festival, 1938

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0002.00020
Abstract

Billboard for 1938 Central City festival, billboard reads,' The central City Opera House special New York attraction. 17 Gala performances July 16 th Aug. 1, 1938 Miss helen Chandler and Mr. Bramwell Fletcher in 'Ruy Blas' supported by an all star cast including Miss Percy Waram, Mr. William Sauter, Mr. Walter Beck, continued."

Dates: 1938

Billboard Advertising The Lark, 1956

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001.00005
Abstract

Sign for the 1956 production of The Lark in a room surrounded by furniture, reading ''Central City Opera House Assn. By arrangement with Kermit Bloomgarden present twenty-fifth annual play festival dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Spencer Penrose, August 4 through September 1, 1956. Julie Harris in 'The Lark' a play by Jean Anouilh, adapted by Lillian Hellman with Sam Jaffe, Leo Ciceri, George Macready, Bruce Gordon, James O'Rear, Edwin Binns, directed by Joseph Anthony."

Dates: 1956

Billboard Advertising Twenty-Fourth Annual Opera Festival, 1955

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001.00007
Abstract

Sign in room surrounded by wooden chairs, reading: ''Central City Opera House Assn. Presents Twenty-Fourth Annual Opera Festival, July 2-July 30, 1955, Direct from London, England, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in Sir William Gilbert's and Sir Arthur Sullivan's Immortal Operas The Mikado, The Yeoman of the Guard, Trial by Jury, H.M.S. Pinafore, Iolanthe, Musical Director IsidoreGodfrey, Assistant Musical Director and Chorus Master William Cox-Ife, Director of Productions Robert Gibson.''

Dates: 1955

Billboard Advertising Twenty-Sixth Annual Opera Festival, 1957

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001.00006
Abstract

Sign on outside wall of a building next to a door, reading ''Central City Opera House Assn. Presents Twenty-Sixth Annual Opera Festival, June 29th through July 27, 1957, The Immortal Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi and The Gypsy Baron, A Viennese Comedy by Johann Strauss, Both Productions Designed and Directed by Dr. Elemer Nagy, Musical Director and Conductor Mr. Emerson Buckley, Associate Conductor Mr. Walter Taussig, Chorus Master Mr. Roger Dexter Fee.''

Dates: 1957

Billboard Advertising Unknown Festival, 1932-1958

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0002.00008
Abstract

Billboard for unknown season (possibly 1939) reads, " With an all star New York Cast; Mr. Arthus Anderson, Mis Hilda Burka, Mr. Mark Daniels, Mr. Richard Hale, Miss Natalie Hall, Mr. John Jameson, Miss Anna Kaskas, Mr. Clair Kramer, Mr. Charles Kullman, and a remarkable ensemble staged by Felix Brentano, associate producer Mr. Richarde Aldrich, the music under the direction of Mr. Frank St. Leger."

Dates: 1932-1958

Billboard Advertising Unknown Festival, 1932-1958

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0002.00014
Abstract

Billboard for unknown (possibly 1952) season reads," the stars an exceptional New York cast in person; Ann Ayers, Frances Bible, Anne Bollinger, Michael Bondon, Algerd Brazis, Davis Cunningham, Jean Gibbons, Dean Hutchings, Helen Laird, Virginia MacWatters, James McCracken, Brenda Miller, James Pease, David Poleria, Charles Post, Hugh Thompson, Frank Valentino, Luigi Vellucci,Elinor Warren, Chester Watson, with a remarkable chorus and orchestra."

Dates: 1932-1958

Billboard From 'A Masked Ball', 1967

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Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00030
Abstract

Black and white photograph of the billboard from the 1967 festival production 'A Masked Ball.' Billboard reads: 'A Masked Ball - Cast for the performance - Amelia, Eileen Schauler; Gustav III, Gianni Savelli; Count Johan, Benjamin Rayson; Oscar, Nadja Witkowska; Couth Horn, Malcolm Smith; Ulrica, Marija Kova; Count Rubbing, William MacCully; Christian, Michael Devlin, Conductor Norman Johnson. '

Dates: 1967

Billboards Advertising 'Separate Tables', 1932-1958

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001.00002
Abstract

Man standing by billboard for the 1957 production of 'Separate Tables,' reading ''Direct from New York, settings by Michael Weight, lighting and supervision by Paul Morrison, produced by Robert Whitehead by arrangement with Stephen Mitchell, The remarkable New York cast includes William Podmore, Catherine Proctor, Michael Lipton, Valerie Cardew, Helena Carroll, Georgia Harvy.'' Another partially obscured billboard listing more names appears to the right.

Dates: 1932-1958

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