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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 2694 Collections and/or Records:

George Rasely in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0016.00003
Abstract

George Rasely, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Vasek in the 1940 production 'The Bartered Bride,' appears as Wenzel in the opera ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

George Rasely in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00008
Abstract

George Rasely as Vasek the son of Micha and Hata, in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

George Rasely in ''The Man Without a Country'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0016.00004
Abstract

George Rasely, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Vasek in the 1940 production of "the Bartered Bride,' appears as Blennerhassett in the opera ''The Man Without a Country.''

Dates: 1940

George Somnes, 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0005.00001
Abstract

Portrait of George Somnes, a director who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1950

George Somnes, 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0005.00002
Abstract

Portrait of George Somnes, a director who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1950

George Somnes, 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0005.00003
Abstract

Portrait of George Somnes, a director who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1950

George Somnes, 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0005.00004
Abstract

Informal portrait of George Somnes, a director who worked with the Central City Opera, with an unidentified individual.

Dates: 1950

Geraldine Page, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0017.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Geraldine Page, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the play ''Separate Tables'' as Mrs. Shankland in 'Table bye the Window' and as Miss. Railton-Bell in 'Table Number Seven.'

Dates: 1957

Geraldine Page, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0017.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Geraldine Page, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the play ''Separate Tables'' as Mrs. Shankland in 'Table bye the Window' and as Miss. Railton-Bell in 'Table Number Seven.'

Dates: 1957

Gertrude Musgrove, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0010.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Gertrude Musgrove, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Martha in the 1951 production of ''The Constant Wife.''

Dates: 1951

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Archival Object 2690
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Opera festivals 30
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Reports 22
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Ballet 12
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Theater critics 3
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