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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:

Mildred Miller Doing Makeup, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0020.00007
Abstract

Mildred Miller, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, applies makeup in the dressing room before a 1954 production of the opera ''Carmen.''

Dates: 1954

Mildred Miller in 'Carmen', 1953

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0002.00013
Abstract

Photograph of Mildred Miller who performed as Carmen in the 1953 Central City production of 'Carmen.'

Dates: 1953

Mildred Miller in 'Carmen', 1953

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0002.00018
Abstract

Photograph of Mildred Miller who performed as Carmen in the 1953 Central City production of 'Carmen.'

Dates: 1953

Mildred Miller's Debut

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0020.00001
Abstract

Mildred Miller, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the lead role of Carmen as 'Carmen' in 1953, is greated by her husband Captain Wesley Posvar after her debut on ''The Telephone Hour.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Mills Electric Piano

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0008.00001
Abstract

Black and white film negativeof a Mills Electric Piano in an unknown location in Central City, Colorado. Sign on top of instrument reads: ' This instruemtn was pat. June 4, 1912. It plays 5 pieces, All Automatic, All Electric.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Mimi Benzell, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0015.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Mimi Benzell, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1954 season in the production of "Faust" and as Zerbinetta in the opera ''Ariadne auf Naxos.''

Dates: 1954

Mimi Benzell in costume, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0015.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Mimi Benzell, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1954 season in the production of "Faust" and as Zerbinetta in the opera ''Ariadne auf Naxos'', in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1954

Models Walk Central City Festival Runway, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00007
Abstract

Black and white photograph of an unidentified woman speaking at a podium on stage while eight women walk down a runway during the Fashion Show at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1967

Monica Morare, 1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0006.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Monica Morare, a performer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1965 production of "Any Wednesday."

Dates: 1965

Morley Meredith

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Morley Meredith, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1957 production of 'The Gypsy baron' as Count Homonay.

Dates: 1930-1969

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