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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:

Curtain Call for ''And Perhaps Happiness'', 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0005.00016
Abstract

The cast of the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness'' takes a bow at the curtain call.

Dates: 1958

Curtain Call for ''And Perhaps Happiness'', 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0005.00017
Abstract

Curtain call for the cast of the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness.''

Dates: 1958

Cynthia Morey with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00001
Abstract

Photograph of Cynthia Morey who performed at the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Central City Opera House during the 1955 season as Phyllis in the production 'Iolanthe.'

Dates: 1955-1968

Cyril Ritchard

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0060.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Cyril Ritchard, a baritone who performed with the Central City Opera as Don Andres in the opera 'La Perichole' in 1958.

Dates: 1930-1969

Cyril Ritchard

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0060.0011.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Cyril Ritchard, a baritone who performed with the Central City Opera as Don Andres in the 1958 production of 'La Perichole.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Dan Marek

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Identifier: M123.03.0055.0006.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Dan Marek, a singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

David Garen, 1950

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0046.0006.00001
Abstract

Portrait of David Garen, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed in the Central City Opera production of Romeo and Juliet during the 1951 season.

Dates: 1950

David Lloyd, 1953-1962

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0001.00005
Abstract

Portrait of David Lloyd, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera from 1953-1962 in variours productions; 1953 as Fenton in 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' in 1959 as Eisenstein in 'Die Fledermaus,' in 1961 as Nemorino in 'The Elixir of Love,' and in 1962 as Rudolfo in 'La Boheme.'

Dates: 1953-1962

David Lloyd, 1953-1962

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0001.00009
Abstract

Portrait of David Lloyd, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera from 1953-1962 in variours productions; 1953 as Fenton in 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' in 1959 as Eisenstein in 'Die Fledermaus,' in 1961 as Nemorino in 'The Elixir of Love,' and in 1962 as Rudolfo in 'La Boheme.'

Dates: 1953-1962

David Lloyd, 1953-1962

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0001.00011
Abstract

Autographed portrait of David Lloyd, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera whoPortrait of David Lloyd, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera from 1953-1962 in variours productions; 1953 as Fenton in 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' in 1959 as Eisenstein in 'Die Fledermaus,' in 1961 as Nemorino in 'The Elixir of Love,' and in 1962 as Rudolfo in 'La Boheme.'

Dates: 1953-1962

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