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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:

Main Street in Central City, Colorado, 1865

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0006.00005
Abstract

Photograoh of Main Street in Central City, Colorado that was taken sometime in 1865.

Dates: 1865

Malcolm Smith, 1973

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0062.0003.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Malcolm Smith, a bass singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1973 production of "The Barber of Seville."

Dates: 1973

Mallory Walker, 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Mallory Walker, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Don Ottavio in the 1963 production of "Don Giovanni."

Dates: 1963

Mallory Walker, 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0002.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mallory Walker, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Don Ottavio in the 1963 production of "Don Giovanni."

Dates: 1963

Man Chiseling Rock in Central City, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0005.00025
Abstract

A young man chisles a rock in the street in Central City, Colorado; affiliated with the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness.''

Dates: 1958

Man standing by Billboard for 1957 Play Festival, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001.00021
Abstract

Central City affiliate poses by billboard for the 1957 play festival. Billboard reads, " Centeral City Opera House Assn. Twenty-sixth annual play festival August 3 through August 31, 1957. In association with the producers theater presents Eric Portman, Geraldine Page in Separate Tables, tw plays by Terence Rattigan directed by Peter Glenville with Ann Shoemaker, Laura Pierpont and Beryl Measor."

Dates: 1957

Man Standing by Billboards listing Cast Members for Unknown Season, 1932-1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001.00022
Abstract Male Central City affiliate poses by billboard for unknown (possibly 1958) opera season. Billboard reads, " The operas will be sung in english by a distinguished New York cast including; John Alexander, Robert Barry, Joan Carroll, Laura Castellano, Madelaine Chambers, Jon Crain, Emila Cundari, John Druary, Paul Franke, Walter Fredericks, Frank Guarrera, Clifford Harvuot, Osie Hawkins, Lois Hunt, Gloria Lind, Arthur Malet, Calvin Marsh, Mija Novich, Hugh Thomspn, Theodor Uppman, Helen Vanni,...
Dates: 1932-1958

Man Standing With Wheeled Cart and Mule in Front of Theater

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00009
Abstract

Black and white photograph (postcard) of unidentified patron standing in front of the Central City Opera House (prior to it's 1931 renovations) with a mule and wheeled cart located in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Man with a Drawn Sword in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00021
Abstract

An unidentified man draws his sword on another man in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Man with Guitar in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00025
Abstract

A man with a guitar leaning on the wall behind him sings in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

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