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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 58 Collections and/or Records:

Robert E. Jones in Front of Artwork

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Identifier: M123.03.0050.0003.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Robert E. Jones, a scenic, lighting, and costume designer who worked with the Central City Opera from 1932-1941.

Dates: 1930-1969

Robert E. Jones with Viewfinder, 1935

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Identifier: M123.03.0050.0003.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Robert E. Jones, a scenic, lighting, and costume designer who worked with the Central City Opera from 1932-1941.

Dates: 1935

Robert E. Jones Working on Illustrations

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Identifier: M123.03.0050.0003.00001
Abstract

Robert E. Jones, a scenic, lighting, and costume designer who worked with the Central City Opera from 1932-1941, working on illustrations.

Dates: 1930-1969

Robert Whitehead

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Identifier: M123.03.0065.0014.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Robert Whitehead, a director and producer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Russell Lewis, 1933-1935

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Identifier: M123.03.0052.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Russell Lewis, an assistant to the stage director who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1933-1935

Russell Lewis, 1933-1935

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Identifier: M123.03.0052.0002.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Russell Lewis, an assistant to the stage director who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1933-1935

Russell Lewis in an Unidentified Production, 1933-1935

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Identifier: M123.03.0052.0002.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Russell Lewis, an assistant to the stage director who worked with the Central City Opera, appears in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1933-1935

Set Sketches

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Identifier: M123.03.0057.0014.00008
Abstract

Sketches of a stage set, drawn by Elemer Nagy, a stage director and set designer who worked with the Central City Opera from 1949-1957.

Dates: 1930-1969

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Photographs 57
Colorado 56
Theater 17
Singers 6
Choreographers 2