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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:

Duke Melody at the Piano

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0005.00002
Abstract

Duke Melody, a pianist from The Gold Nugget who worked with the Central City Opera, plays the piano.

Dates: 1930-1969

Duke Melody at the Piano

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0005.00003
Abstract

Duke Melody, a pianist from The Gold Nugget who worked with the Central City Opera, plays the piano.

Dates: 1930-1969

Earl Copping and Jim Carey Working on Scenery, 1963 June 16

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0005.00003
Abstract

Black and white photograph of stage hands Earl Copping (foreground) and Jim Carey (balcony), working on stage props for the 1963 opera season festival at the Central City Opera Festival.

Dates: 1963 June 16

Eddie Mayehoff

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Eddie Mayehoff, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1960 production of 'A Thurber Carnival'.

Dates: 1930-1969

Eddie Mayehoff

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0004.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Eddie Mayehoff, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1960 production of 'A Thurber Carnival."

Dates: 1930-1969

Eddie Ruhl in ''Aida'', 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0002.00001
Abstract

Eddie Ruhl performs as Radames in the Central City Opera production of ''Aida.''

Dates: 1960

Eddy Ruhl

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0060.0017.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Eddy Ruhl, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Edith Evans, 1953

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0008.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Edith Evans, a mezzo-soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1953 season in the productions 'Carmen' as Carmen and Mercedes and 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' as Mistress Page.

Dates: 1953

Edith Evans, 1953

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0008.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Edith Evans, a mezzo-soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1953 season in the productions 'Carmen' as Carmen and Mercedes and 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' as Mistress Page.

Dates: 1953

Edward Kane

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0005.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Edward Kane, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1936 production of "The Gondoliers" and the 1949 production of "Die Fledermaus."

Dates: 1930-1969

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