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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:

Lucius Beebe

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0013.00001
Abstract

Lucius Beebe (third from left) an author and theater critic for Central City Opera, and three other men affiliated with the Central City Opera House pose for a photograph.

Dates: 1930-1969

Lucius Beebe

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0013.00002
Abstract

Lucius Beebe (third from left) an author and theater critic for Central City Opera, and two other men affiliated with the Central City Opera House in an entry room.

Dates: 1930-1969

Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg, 1948

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0013.00004
Abstract

Lucius Beebe (right) an author and critic for the Central City Opera, shares a drink with co-author of ''U.S. West, the Saga of Wells Fargo'' and ''Mixed Train Daily'' Charles Clegg.

Dates: 1948

Lucius Beebe with Mimi Benzell and Manet McDonald

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0013.00003
Abstract

Lucius Beebe (right) an author and theater critic for the Central City Opera, with Mimi Benzell and Janet McDonald in the Teller House before a Central City Opera performance.

Dates: 1930-1969

Luigi Vellucci

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0064.0006.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Luigi Vellucci, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Don Basilio in the 1952 production of 'The Marriage of Figaro' and as Dr. Blind in the 1969 production of 'Die Fledermaus.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Luigi Vellucci

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0064.0006.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Luigi Vellucci, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Don Basilio in the 1952 production of 'The Marriage of Figaro' and as Dr. Blind in the 1969 production of 'Die Fledermaus.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Luigi Vellucci

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0064.0006.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Luigi Vellucci, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Don Basilio in the 1952 production of 'The Marriage of Figaro' and as Dr. Blind in the 1969 production of 'Die Fledermaus.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Luigi Vellucci

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0064.0006.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Luigi Vellucci, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Don Basilio in the 1952 production of 'The Marriage of Figaro' and as Dr. Blind in the 1969 production of 'Die Fledermaus.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Luigi Vellucci in Costume for an Unidentified Production

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0064.0006.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Luigi Vellucci, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Don Basilio in the 1952 production of 'The Marriage of Figaro' and as Dr. Blind in the 1969 production of 'Die Fledermaus,' in costume for an unidentified production.

Dates: 1930-1969

Luis Pichardo

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Luis Pichardo, a basso singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Haly in the 1966 production of 'the Italian Girl in Algiers' and as Khadja in 'The Merry Widow' and Count Ribbing in 'A Masked Ball' in 1967.

Dates: 1930-1969

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