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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:

Lee Cass, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0009.00005
Abstract

Four photographs on one page; Lee Cass, a basso singer who performed with the Central City Opera, as Pistola in ''Fellstaff'' (upper right), as Banquo in ''Macbeth'' (upper left), as Arkel in ''Pelleas and Melisande'' (lower right), and as the first nazarene in ''Salome'' (lower left).

Dates: 1966

Lee Cass, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0009.00007
Abstract

Four photographs on one page; Portraits of Lee Cass, a basso singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1966

Lee Cass in ''Barber of Seville'', 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0009.00004
Abstract

Lee Cass, a bass opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in the opera ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: 1966

Lee Cass in ''The Most Happy Fella'', 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0009.00006
Abstract

Three photographs on one page; Lee Cass, a bass opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in the opera ''The Most Happy Fella.''

Dates: 1966

Lee Whitney

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0015.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Lee Whitney, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1933 production of "The Merry Widow" and as Gianetta in the 1936 production of "The Gondoliers."

Dates: 1930-1969

Lee Whitney

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0015.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Lee Whitney, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1933 production of "The Merry Widow" and as Gianetta in the 1936 production of "The Gondoliers."

Dates: 1930-1969

Lee Whitney in ''The Gondoliers'', 1936

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0015.00003
Abstract

Lee Whitney, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Gianetta in the 1936 opera ''The Gondoliers.''

Dates: 1936

Lee Whitney in ''The Gondoliers'', 1936

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0015.00004
Abstract

Lee Whitney, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Gianetta in the 1936 opera ''The Gondoliers.''

Dates: 1936

Leo Goeke Tenor, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0022.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Leo Goeke, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1966 season.

Dates: 1966

Leo Goeke Tenor, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0022.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Leo Goeke, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1966 season.

Dates: 1966

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