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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 Carter in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0008.00002
Abstract

John Carter, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1940 production of "The Bartered Bride" the 1941 production of "The Barber of Seville" and the 1946 pproduction of "The Abduction from the Seraglio," appears here in the opera ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

John Carter in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00003
Abstract

John Carter as Jenik in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

John Chapman, 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0040.0006.00001
Abstract

Portrait of John Chapman, the drama critic for the New York Daily News who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1955

John Craig, 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0041.0003.00001
Abstract

Portrait of John Craig, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1963 production of 'Il Trovatore.'

Dates: 1963

John Craig, 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0041.0003.00002
Abstract

Portrait of John Craig, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1963 production of 'Il Trovatore.'

Dates: 1963

John Druary

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0019.00001
Abstract

Portrait of John Druary, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the production "La Tosca" during the 1956 season, as Barankay in the opera ''The Gypsy Baron'' and as The Duke in the opera ''Rigoletto'' during the 1957 season, and in the production "cavilleria Rusticana" during the 1958 season.

Dates: 1956-1958

John Druary

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0019.00002
Abstract

Portrait of John Druary, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the production "La Tosca" during the 1956 season, as Barankay in the opera ''The Gypsy Baron'' and as The Duke in the opera ''Rigoletto'' during the 1957 season, and in the production "cavilleria Rusticana" during the 1958 season.

Dates: 1956-1958

John Emery

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of John emery, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1951 production of 'The Constant Wife.'

Dates: 1930-1969

John Emery, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0004.00002
Abstract

Portrait of John emery, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1951 production of 'The Constant Wife.'

Dates: 1951

John Evans

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of John Evans, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

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