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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:

Laurel Hurley in an Unidentified Production, 1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0014.00002
Abstract

Portait of Laurel Hurley, a coloratura soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Baby Doe in the 1959 production of "The Ballad of Baby Doe."

Dates: 1959

Lawrence Daniels

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Lawrence Daniels; affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Lawrence Davidson, 1947

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0006.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Lawrence Davidson, a bass-baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1947 production of 'Martha' and he 1956 production of 'Tosca.'

Dates: 1947

Lawrence Davidson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0006.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Lawrence Davidson, a bass-baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1947 production of 'Martha' and he 1956 production of 'Tosca.'

Dates: 1956

Lawrence Davidson in ''Boris Godunov''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0006.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Lawrence Davidson, a bass-baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1947 production of 'Martha' and he 1956 production of 'Tosca', as Varlaam in the opera ''Boris Godunov.''

Dates: 1956

Lawrence Davidson in ''Die Meistersinger''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0006.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Lawrence Davidson, a bass-baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1947 production of 'Martha' and he 1956 production of 'Tosca', appears as Beckmesser in the opera ''Die Meistersinger.''

Dates: 1956

Lee Bowman, 1962

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0038.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Lee Bowman, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1962 theater production of "Mary, Mary."

Dates: 1962

Lee Cass, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Lee Cass a bass opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1966

Lee Cass, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0009.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Lee Cass a bass opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1966

Lee Cass, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0009.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Lee Cass, a bass opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1966

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