Central City Opera Festival

Black and white photograph of Gloria Lane (left) as Mrs. Page (Meg Page/Frau Reich) and Virginia MacWatters (right) as Mrs. Ford (Alice Ford/Frau Fluth) in the the 1953 Central City Opera performance of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor.'

Black and white photograph of two unidentified affiliates and Virginia MacWatters (right) who performed as Gilda in the 1957 Central City Festival production of 'Rigoletto' at the Central City Opera House.

Photograph of Virginia MacWatters performing as Marguerite in the 1954 Central City Opera production of 'Faust' in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Coloado.

Photograph of Virginia MacWatters who performed as Marguerite in the 1954 Central City Opera production of 'Faust,' knits backstage while waiting for cue.

Vocal score that has been notated for a Central City Production of Donizetti's 'Don Pasquale.'

Photograph of Walter Slezak as Torvald Helmer in the 1937 Central City production of 'A Doll's House.'

Photograph of Mary Jennings preparing to perform as Rosalinda and William Beck in costume as Falke with a small girl in a dressing room for the Central City Opera production of 'Die Fledermaus,' at the Central City Opera Festival in Central City, Colorado.

Black and white photograph of William Wildermann (on stairs) performing as Raymond Bide-the-Bent and unidentified chorus members in a scene in the 1960 Central City festival production of 'Lucia di Lammermoor.'

Black and white photograph of William Wildermann (front/center) performing as Raymond Bide-the-Bent and unidentified chorus members in a scene in the 1960 Central City festival production of 'Lucia di Lammermoor.'

Photograph of Maria Di Gerlando (left) and Vera Brynner (center) who both performed as Saffi and Eleanor Knapp (right) who performed as Czipra in the 1957 Central City Festival production of 'The Gypsy Baron,' in an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.