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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:

John Alexander

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0009.00003
Abstract

Portrait of John Alexander, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the productions "Cavalleria Rusticana" in 1958, "Die Fledermaus" in 1959, "Adia" in 1960, "The Elixir of Love" in 1961, and "La Boheme" in 1962, with an unidentified woman pose in front of the Opera House billboard.

Dates: 1940-1969

John Alexander

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0009.00004
Abstract

Portrait of John Alexander, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the productions "Cavalleria Rusticana" in 1958, "Die Fledermaus" in 1959, "Adia" in 1960, "The Elixir of Love" in 1961, and "La Boheme" in 1962, with an unidentified woman pose in front of the Opera House billboard.

Dates: 1940-1969

John Alexander in costume

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0009.00005
Abstract

Portrait of John Alexander, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the productions "Cavalleria Rusticana" in 1958, "Die Fledermaus" in 1959, "Adia" in 1960, "The Elixir of Love" in 1961, and "La Boheme" in 1962, in costume for an unidentified production.

Dates: 1940-1969

John Baker in ''La Triviota'', 1946

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of John Baker, bass singer with the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in 1946 in the production of ''La Traviata.''

Dates: 1946

John Brownlee

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0011.00001
Abstract

John Brownlee, a baritone singer performed in the 1941 production of "The Barber of Seville" with the Cerntral City Opera House and then was the director for the 1965 opera season, converses with (left to right) Henry Lerber, Mrs. Frederick Jagel, Mrs. Brownlee and Frederick Jagel.

Dates: 1941-1965

John Brownlee, 1941

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0011.00002
Abstract

Portrait of John Brownlee, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in ''The Barber of Seville'' and returned to Central City in 1965 to direct the opera productions.

Dates: 1941

John Brownlee

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0011.00003
Abstract

Portrait of John Brownlee, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in ''The Barber of Seville'' and returned to Central City in 1965 to direct the opera productions.

Dates: 1941-1965

John Brownlee

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0011.00004
Abstract

Portrait of John Brownlee, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in ''The Barber of Seville'' and returned to Central City in 1965 to direct the opera productions.

Dates: 1941-1965

John Brownlee, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0011.00005
Abstract

Portrait of John Brownlee, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in ''The Barber of Seville'' and returned to Central City in 1965 to direct the opera productions.

Dates: 1965

John Buckmaster

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0014.00001
Abstract

Portrait of John Buckmaster, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

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