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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:

Lorenzo Alvary in ''Fidelio''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0013.00006
Abstract

Portrait of Lorenzo Alvary, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1947 production of "Fidelio" and the 1948 production of "Cosi FanTutte", prepares his makeup for his performance as Rocco in the opera ''Fidelio.''

Dates: 1948

Lorenzo Alvary in ''Goetterdaemmerung''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0013.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Lorenzo Alvary, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1947 production of "Fidelio" and the 1948 production of "Cosi FanTutte", preforms as Hagen in the opera ''Goetterdaemmerung'' with the Metropolitian Opera.

Dates: 1948

Lorenzo Alvary Sits for a Sculpture Study

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0013.00007
Abstract

Portrait of Lorenzo Alvary, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1947 production of "Fidelio" and the 1948 production of "Cosi FanTutte", sits for preliminary sketches for a sculpture study of his figure.

Dates: 1948

Louis Calhern, 1948

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Louis Calhern, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1948 production of "The Play's the Thing."

Dates: 1948

Louis D'Angelo

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Louis D'Angelo, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in 1940 production of ''The Bartered Bride'' and 1941 production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Louis D'Angelo

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0001.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Louis D'Angelo, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in 1940 production of ''The Bartered Bride'' and 1941 production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Louis D'Angelo

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0001.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Louis D'Angelo, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in 1940 production of ''The Bartered Bride'' and 1941 production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Louis D'Angelo and Nino Ruisi in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Louis D'Angelo as Doctor Bartolo and Nino Ruisi as Ambrogio in costume for the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Louis D'Angelo as 'Bartolo' in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00007
Abstract

Louis D'Angelo appears as 'Bartolo' in the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Louis D'Angelo as 'Bartolo' in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00008
Abstract

Louis D'Angelo appears as 'Bartolo' in the Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

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