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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:

Meredith Willson Sings and Husband Rini Willson Plays Piano

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0009.00004
Abstract

Meredith Willson, a conductor and composer who worked with the Central City Opera on the 1961 production' A Evening of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson,' sings while her husband Rini Willson plays piano.

Dates: 1930-1969

Meredith Willson with Husband Rini Willson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0009.00002
Abstract

Informal portrait of Meredith Willson, a conductor and composer who worked with the Central City Opera on the 1961 production' A Evening of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson', with her husband Rini Willson at an airport.

Dates: 1930-1969

Meredith Willson with Husband Rini Willson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0009.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Meredith Willson, a conductor and composer who worked with the Central City Opera on the 1961 production' A Evening of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson,' with her husband Rini Willson.

Dates: 1930-1969

Meredith Willson with Husband Rini Willson

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0009.00007
Abstract

Informal Meredith Willson, a conductor and composer who worked with the Central City Opera on the 1961 production' A Evening of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson,' and her husband Rini Willson.

Dates: 1930-1969

Meredith Willson with Three Men

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0009.00006
Abstract

Meredith Willson(front), a conductor and composer who worked with the Central City Opera on the 1961 production' A Evening of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson,', stands with Richard Morris (left), husband Rini Willson (center, back) and Lt. Govorner Bob Knous (right).

Dates: 1930-1969

Michael Bondon

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Michael Bondon, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1952 production of "La Boheme."

Dates: 1930-1969

Michael Bondon

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0009.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Michael Bondon, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1952 production of "La Boheme."

Dates: 1930-1969

Michael Bondon

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0037.0009.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Michael Bondon, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1952 production of "La Boheme."

Dates: 1930-1969

Michael Devlin

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0013.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Michael Devlin, bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Michael Devlin, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0013.00002
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Michael Devlin, bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1967

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