Central City Opera Festival

Black and white photograph of Dezso Ernster rehearsing the part of Falstaff with Virginia MacWatters who will perform as Mrs. Ford (Alice Ford/Frau Fluth) in the 1953 Central City Opera performance of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor.'

Black and white photograph of Dezso Ernster rehearsing the part of Falstaff with Virginia MacWatters who will perform as Mrs. Ford (Alice Ford/Frau Fluth) in the 1953 Central City Opera performance of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor.'

This file contains photographs from the Central City productions of 'Die Fledermaus.'

Black and white photograph of CCOH actror Dino DiLuca who performed in the 1953 festival production of 'The Time of the Cuckoo' at the Central City Opera House.

Black and white photograph of (from L to R) two unidentified cast members, Frank Ricketson Jr., and Dr. Elemer Nagy in rehearsal for the 1950 Central City festival production of 'Madame Butterfly.'

Black and white photograph of (from L to R) two unidentified cast members, Frank Ricketson Jr., and Dr. Elemer Nagy in rehearsal for the 1950 Central City festival production of 'Madame Butterfly.'

Black and white photograph of Dolores Wilson as Lucia for a production of 'Lucia di Lammermoor' not associated with a Central City Festival.

Black and white photograph of Don Ameche seated with his arm around an uneasy looking Betsy von Furstenberg in a scene in the 1968 festival production of 'There's a Girl in My Soup,' at the Central City Opera House.

Black and white photograph of the CCOH performers Don Ameche and Betsy von Furstenberg kiss in a scene during the production 'There's a Girl in My Soup,' during the 1968 festival at the Central City Opera House.

Black and white photograph of Don Ameche speaking to Michael Zaslow in a scene in the 1968 festival production of 'There's a Girl in My Soup,' at the Central City Opera House.