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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:

Thomas Andrew, Ballet Dancer, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0003.00003
Abstract

Thomas Andrew, a ballet dancer and teacher who worked with the Central City Opera performing in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1958

Thomas Connolly in 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00011
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Thomas Connolly as James Keller in a scene in the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

Thomas Hayward

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0001.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Hayward, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1954 season in the production "Ariadne auf Naxos", "The Lady from Colorado" in 1964, and "Carmen" in 1966.

Dates: 1930-1969

Thomas Hayward

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0001.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Hayward, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1954 season in the production "Ariadne auf Naxos", "The Lady from Colorado" in 1964, and "Carmen" in 1966.

Dates: 1930-1969

Thomas Hayward

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0001.00006
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Hayward, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1954 season in the production "Ariadne auf Naxos", "The Lady from Colorado" in 1964, and "Carmen" in 1966.

Dates: 1930-1969

Thomas Hayward

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0001.00007
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Hayward, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Thomas Hayward and Wilma Spence in the Production ''Ariadne auf Naxos'', 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00014
Abstract

Thomas Hayward as the Tenor and Wilman Spence as the Prima Donna perform together in the 1954 Central City Opera production of ''Ariadne auf Naxos.''

Dates: 1954

Thomas Hayward Head Shot and Negative

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0001.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Hayward, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1954 season in the production "Ariadne auf Naxos", "The Lady from Colorado" in 1964, and "Carmen" in 1966.

Dates: 1930-1969

Thomas Hayward Head Shot from the Metropolitian Opera Association

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0001.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Hayward, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1954 season in the production "Ariadne auf Naxos", "The Lady from Colorado" in 1964, and "Carmen" in 1966.

Dates: 1930-1969

Thomas Hayward in "Ariadne auf Naxos", 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0001.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Thomas Hayward, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1954 season in the production "Ariadne auf Naxos", "The Lady from Colorado" in 1964, and "Carmen" in 1966.

Dates: 1954

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