Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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:
'Helen Keller: Age 8 and 80', 1960
Black and white photograph of Helen Keller at age 8 and 80. Caption on photograph reads, 'This outstaning American proved that determination and courage can overcome and obstacle. Her story is excitingly told in William Gibson's stage play, THE MIRACLE WORKER, due here this season.' The theater piece 'The Miracle Worker' was part of the 1961 central City Opera House festival.
Helen Laird
Informal portrait of Helen Laird, a singer who worked with the Central City Opera.
Helen Olheim, 1940
Portrait of Helen Olheim, a singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the opera ''The Bartered Bride'' as Ludmila.
Helen Olheim as Ludmila in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940
Helen Olheim as Ludmila in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''
Helen Rose Fashion Show - 1963, 1963
Photograph of an attentive audience of fashion-conscious society patrons watches a model walking the fashion ramp during the annual Central City fashion show in the Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
Helen Vanni, 1958
Portrait of Helen Vanni, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Virginella in the 1958 opera 'La perichole' and as Lola in 'Cavalleria Rusticana' that same year.
Henry Moore Teller, 1908
Senator Henry Moore Teller at the Miner's Convention in Boulder, Colorado; Teller opened the Teller House in 1872, a hotel used by and affiliated with the Central City Opera.
Herbert Beattie
Portrait of Herbert Beattie, a bass singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1964 production of 'The Lady From Colorado."
Herbert Graf
Portrait of Herbert Graf, a stage director from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1941-1948 and 1953 seasons.
Herbert Graf
Portrait of Herbert Graf, a stage director from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1941-1948 and 1953 seasons.
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