Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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.
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Rehearsal of Unknown Production
Black and white photograph of a goup of unidentified affiliates in rehearsal for unidentified production during an unknown Central City Festival at the Cenrtal City Opera House.
Rehearsals for ''Amerila Goes To The Ball''
David Garen (on stage, far left), Francesco Valentino (on stage, second from left), stage director Alfred De Liagre (on stage, center), and Eleanor Steber (on stage, second from right) while associate music director Walter Taussig (bottom left) plays piano and music director Tibor Kozma (bottom right) conducts for the Central City Opera production of ''Amelia Goes To The Ball.''
Rehearsals for ''Amerila Goes To The Ball''
David Garen (far left), Eleanor Steber (second from left), Alfred De Liagre (center stage) rehearse on stage while associate music director Walter Taussig (on piano) plays piano and Tibor Kozma (right) conducts for the Central City Opera production of ''Amelia Goes To The Ball.''
Rehearsals for ''Amerila Goes To The Ball''
David Garen (far left), Francesco Valentino (second from left), stage director Alfred De Liagre (seated) and Eleanor Steber (second from right) rehearses on stage while Tibor Kozma the musical director conducts from the floor, for the Central City Opera production of ''Amelia Goes To The Ball.''
Rehearsals for ''Amerila Goes To The Ball''
Eleanor Steber (on stage left), David Garen (second from left on stage) and stage director Alfred De Liagre (standing on stage) rehearses on stage and associate music director Walter Taussig (at piano) plays piano musical director Tibor Kozma (far right) conducting, for the Central City Opera production of ''Amelia Goes To The Ball.''
Rehearsals for ''Amerila Goes To The Ball''
The cast rehearses on stage, stage director Alfred De Liagre (wearing white shirt) and musical director Kozma Tibor (front of photograph) for the Central City Opera production of ''Amelia Goes To The Ball'' and the conductor motions in the foreground.
Richard Aldrich, 1937
Portrait of Richard Aldrich, producer for the 1937 Central City Play Festival, hosted by the Central City Opera House.
Richard Bonelli
Portrait of Richard Bonelli, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1933 production of "The Merry Widow."
Richard Bonelli Head Shot
Portrait of Richard Bonelli, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1933 production of "The Merry Widow."
Richard Bonelli in Costume, 1933
Richard Bonelli, a baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in costume for "The Merry Widow". The Merry Widow ran at the Central City Opera House from August 5-9, 1933.
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