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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:

Hilda Burke, 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0018.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Hilda Burke, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in ''Yeomen of the Guard.''

Dates: 1939

Hilda Burke and Richard Hale in 'the Yeoman of the Guard', 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0009.00004
Abstract

Photographic postcard of Hilda Burke as Elsie Maynard and Richard Hale as Jack Point in the Central City Opera House 1939 production of 'The Yeoman of the Guard,' in central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1939

'H.M.S. Pinafore', 1955-1968

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0005
Abstract

This folder contains photographs from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company production of 'H.M.S Pinafore' who performed at the Central City Opera House during the 1955 and 1968 seasons.

Dates: 1955-1968

'H.M.S. Pinafore', 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0003.00011
Abstract

Photograph of unidentified performer in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955-1968

'H.M.S. Pinafore', 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0003.00014
Abstract

Photograph of Peter Pratt (right) and an unidentified performer in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955-1968

Home of Meredith Willson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0009.00001
Abstract

Photograph of the home of Meredith Willson, a conductor and composer who worked with the Central City Opera on the production 'A Night of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson' in 1961.

Dates: 1930-1969

Homer E. Reed

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0060.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Homer E. Reed; textile salesman affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Howard Fried

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0045.0013.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Howard Fried, a tenor singer from the San Francisco Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1956-1965

Howard Fried

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0045.0013.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Howard Fried, a tenor singer from the San Francisco Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1956-1965

Howard Fried

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0045.0013.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Howard Fried, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1956-1965

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