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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:

Peter Marshall, 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0002.00015
Abstract

Photograph of Peter Marshall, aid to the british ambassador, in front of the Opera House in Central city, Colorado.

Dates: 1955

Peter Paul Fuchs, 1948

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0045.0014.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Peter Paul Fuchs, a conductor from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in 1948 on the production 'Cosi Fan Tutte.'

Dates: 1948

Peter Pratt and Leonard Osborn

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0006.00002
Abstract

Photograph of Peter Pratt and Leonard Osborn at the stage door enterance waiting for make up for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company production of 'Iolanthe' at the central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1955-1968

Peter Pratt and Leonard Osborn

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0002.00009
Abstract

Photograph of Peter Pratt and Leonard Osborn looking at scrap books at an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1955-1968

Peter Pratt in 'H.M.S. Pinafore', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0003.00009
Abstract

Photograph of Peter Pratt as Sir Joseph Porter in the 1955 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955

Peter Pratt in 'H.M.S. Pinafore', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00006
Abstract

Photograph of Peter Pratt as Sir Joseph Porter in the 1955 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955

Peter Pratt in 'The Yeoman of the Guard', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00005
Abstract

Photograph of Peter Pratt as Jack Point in the 1955 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'The Yeoman of the Guard' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955

Peter Turgeon

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0063.0012.00001
Abstract

Informal portrait of Peter Turgeon, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1960 production of 'A Thurber Carnival.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Phil Duey, 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0020.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Phil Duey, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1940 production of 'The Bartered Bride."

Dates: 1940

Phil Duey, 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0020.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Phil Duey, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1940 production of 'The Bartered Bride."

Dates: 1940

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