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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:

Cast and Set of the Merry Widow, 1933

 Item
Identifier: M123.02.0003.0001.00001
Abstract

Cast and set of the Central City Opera production of The Merry Widow. The show was put on during the 1933 season from August 5-9th in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1933

Cast in Rehearsal for 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

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Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00015
Abstract

Black and white photograph of (from l to r) C.M. Gampel as Captain Keller, Thomas Connolly as James Keller, Alice Yourman as Aunt Ev and Kay Chevalier as Kate Kelle seated at a table in rehearsl for a scene in the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

Cast in Rehearsal for 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

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Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00017
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Arthur Penn (director) instructing Donna Zimmerman who performed as Helen Keller and Eileen Brennan who performed as Anne Sullivan for a scene in the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

Cast in Rehearsal for 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

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Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00018
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Arthur Penn (director) instructing Donna Zimmerman (Helen Keller) and C.M. Gampel (Captain Keller) while Eileen Brennan (Anne Sullivan), Kay Chevalier (Kate Keller) and Thomas Connollt (james Keller) watch from the wall in rehearsal for the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

Cast in Rehearsal for 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

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Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00019
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Arthur Penn (director) instructing Donna Zimmerman (Helen Keller) and Eileen Brennan (Anne Sullivan) for a scene in the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

Cast in Rehearsal for 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

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Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00020
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a rehearsal where Donna Zimmerman (Helen Keller) on the ground with Kay Chevalire (Kate Keller) while Alice Yourman (Aunt Ev) and Thomas Connolly (James Keller) watch for a scene in the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

Cast in Rehearsal for 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

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Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00021
Abstract

Black and white photograph of a rehearsal where Donna Zimmerman (Helen Keller) on the ground with Eileen Brennan(Anne Sullivan) while Thomas Connolly (James Keller) watch for a scene in the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

Cast in Rehearsal for 'The Miracle Worker', 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00022
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Arthur Penn (director) instructing Donna Zimmerman (Helen Keller) and Eileen Brennan (Anne Sullivan) for a scene in the 1961 Central City Opera Festival production of the theater piece 'The Miracle Worker.'

Dates: 1961

Cast List for 1958 Central City Opera Season, 1932-1958

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001.00001
Abstract Billboard for the 1958 opera festival that reads: ''The operas will be sung in English by a distinguished New York cast including John Alexander, Robert Barry, Joan Carroll, Laura Castellano, Madelaine Chambers, Jon Crain, Emilia Cundari, John Druary, Paul Franke, Walter Fredericks, Frank Guarrera. Clifford Harvout, Osie Hawkins, Lois Hunt, Gloria Lind, Arthur Malet, Calvin Marsh, Hija Novich, Hugh Thompson, Theodore Uppman, Helen Yanni, Cecilia Ward, Prima Ballerina Micheline Bardin, with a...
Dates: 1932-1958

Cast List for The 1956 Opera Season, 1932-1958

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Identifier: M123.03.0070.0001.00003
Abstract Man standing by billboard the 1956 Central City Opera Festival reading ''The Operas Will Be Sung in English by a Distinguished New York'' then listing ''Lucine Amara, Frances Bible, Walter Cassel, Jon Crain, Lawrence Davidson, John Druary, Joseph Folmer, Howard Fried, Leyna Gabriele, Frank Guarrera, Clifford Harvuot, Beatrice Krebs, Martha Lipton, Cornell MacNeil, Mariquita Moll, Alan Smith, Norman Treigle, Willabelle Underwood, Richard Wentworth, Dolores Wilson, With a Remarkable Chorus...
Dates: 1932-1958

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