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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:

Chester Ludgin in ''Makropulos Case'', 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00001
Abstract

Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in the opera ''Makropulos Case'' with the San Francisco Opera Company.

Dates: 1966

Chester Ludgin in ''Rigoletto'', 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00010
Abstract

Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in the title role of the opera ''Rigoletto'' with the San Francisco Opera Company.

Dates: 1963

Chester Ludgin in 'The Ballad of Baby Doe', 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00004
Abstract

Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in many performances from 1959-1966, appears as Horace Tabor in the 1966 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe.'

Dates: 1966

Chester Ludgin Relaxing, 1959-1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00011
Abstract

Photograph of Chester Ludgin sitting in a chair in an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1959-1966

Chester Watson, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Chester Watson, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1952

Choral Adaptation of Words to Schubert's Unfinished Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished), 1944

 Item
Identifier: M123.05.0020.0004.00001
Abstract Bound score (68 pages) for the choral adaptation of words to Schubert's Unfinished Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) with music composed by Frank Tapp and word written by Major Edward L. Bloom. Typed and attached to inside front cover: 'An Agreement made this 5th. day of April, 1944, between L. Wane Daley, who is empowered to act for Frank Tapp, and Major Edward L. Bloom. In consideration of a fee of fifty - seven pounds tan shillings, it is agreed that the said Frank Tapp will undertake the...
Dates: 1944

Christine Palmer, 1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0019.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Christine Palmer, a performer with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Comapny who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1968 season in five production; 'H.M.S. Pinafore' as Mrs. Cripps, ' The Mikado' as Katisha, 'The Yeoman of the Guard' as Dame Carruthers, ' The Pirates of Penzance' as Ruth and 'Iolanthe' as the Queen of Fairies.

Dates: 1968

Christine Palmer and Donald Adams in 'H.M.S. Pinafore', 1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0005.00001
Abstract

Photograph of Christine palmer (center) as Little Buttercup and Donald Adams (front with bended knees) in a scene from the 1968 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company production of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' at the central City Opera House in central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1968

Christine Palmer in an Unidentified Production

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Identifier: M123.03.0058.0019.00005
Abstract

Christine Palmer, a performer from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who worked with the Central City Opera, appears in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1930-1969

Christine Palmer in 'The Mikado'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0019.00002
Abstract

Christine Palmer, a performer from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who worked with the Central City Opera, appears in 'The Mikado.'

Dates: 1930-1969

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