Central City Opera Festival

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Photograph of Inga Hill as Ellen the Maid in a scene from the 1937 Central City production of 'A Doll's House.'

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Photograph (from left to right) of Jed Harris (producer), Walter Slezak while Dennis King Slezak prepare for the 1937 Central City production of 'A Doll's House."

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Black and white photograph of (from l to r) CCOH performers Joan Anderson, Paul Ford and Peggy Cass who performed in the 1960 festival season production of 'A Thurber Carnival' at the Central City Opera House.

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Photograph of Jan Sterling an actress who performed as Nell Nash, Tom Ewell an actor who performed as Elliot Nash and Don Briggs performing as Harlow Edison, in the 1959 Central City Festival production of 'The Gazebo,' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

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Photograph of Tom Ewell an actor who performed as Elliot Nash holding Jan Sterling an actress who performed as Nell Nash, and Don Briggs performing as Harlow Edison (far left), in a scene with unidentified cast members the 1959 Central City Festival production of 'The Gazebo,' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

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Photograph of Tom Ewell an actor who performed as Elliot Nash(sitting on couch, right) in a scene with unidentified cast members the 1959 Central City Festival production of 'The Gazebo,' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Abstract Score for Act One (133 pages) of the opera 'The hanging Judge' with music composed by Normand Lockwood and libretto by Russell Porter. Synopsis of act one typed on first page of score in black ink ' It is about noon on a Saturday morning in May 1861. A 'sociable' is about to begin out under the trees now in near leaf. There are trestle tables with food. The women scurry about, putting the final items on the tables and wory ing about those things woman worry about at such times. The men are...

Abstract Score for Act three (131 pages) of the opera 'The Hanging Judge' with music composed by Normand Lockwood and libretto by Russell Porter. Synopsis of act one typed on first page of score in black ink ' It is an evening in late fall. A square dance is in progress in one of the barn like store buildings that squat and there on the village streets. The dance lively, gay, but not rowdy. Among the dancers may be seen the blue coats of two army officers. No proviate soldiers are in the crowd. On...

Abstract Score for Act two (112 pages) of the opera 'The Hanging Judge' with music composed by Normand Lockwood and libretto by Russell Porter. Synopsis of act one typed on first page of score in black ink ' It is a rough frontier courtroom. A table will serve as the bar of justice. Behind it, a chiar. Before the table two other chairs, in one of which sits the prisoner, handcuffed and beside him, his lawyer. A burly cheriff stands just behind the prisoner. The few other chairs in the room are filed...

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Bound score (175 pages) with red cover for the opera 'The Lady From Colorado' with music by Robert Ward and libretto by Bernard Stambler. the opera had it's primere performance during the 1964 festival season at the Central City Opera House.