Central City Opera Festival

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Black and white photograph of cast and production staff including both Tibor Kozma, Walter Taussig (music and associate music director, seated at and standing by piano), Frank Ricketson Jr. and Elmer Nagy (seated at desk) in rehearsal for the 1950 Central City festival production of 'Madame Butterfly.'

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Black and white photograph of cast and production staff including Tibor Kozma (conducting rehearsal of Adelaide Bishop and Davis Cunningham, Walter Taussig (associate music director standing behind), Frank Ricketson Jr.(leaning on piano) in rehearsal for the 1950 Central City festival production of 'Madame Butterfly.'

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Black and white photograph of (from left to right) Adelaide Bishop, Dr. Elemer Nagy, Paul Lenchner, Irene Kahn, Thelma Altman and Music director Tibor Kozma rehearsing before travling to Denver for the 1950 Central City Festival production of 'Madame Butterfly.'

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Black and white photograph of David Garen (third from left) and Laurel Hurley watching a rehearsal for the 1951 Central City Festival production of the opera 'Romeo and Juleit' at the Central City Opera House.

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Black and white photograph of (from l to r) Paul Franke, unidentified male affiliate, unidentified female affiliate, Virginia Haskins, Frank Valentino, Laurel Hurley, Andrew Gainey, an unidentified male affiliate and Dr. Elemer Nagy participate in a rehearsal for the 1951 Central City Festival production of the opera 'Romeo and Juleit' at the Central City Opera House.

Abstract Black and white photograph of (from left to right) Dr. Elemer nagy, genevieve Warner, Michael Bondon and James pease rehearse for the 1952 Central City production of 'The Marriage of Figaro.' Image can also be found in text 'The Theater of Dreams:The Glorious Central City Opera Celebrating 75 years.' Caption reads: 'Dr. Elemer Nagy provided acting direction during a rehearsal of the 1952 production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Nagy believed that since opera is theater, it has to...

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Black and white photograph of (from left to right) Dr. Elemer nagy, genevieve Warner, Michael Bondon and James pease rehearse for the 1952 Central City production of 'The Marriage of Figaro.'

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Black and white photograph of (from L to R) George Macready, Kermit Bloomgarden, Julie Harris and Sam Jaffe in a rehearsal for the 1956 Central City production of 'The Lark.'

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Black and white photograph of (from L to R) George Macready, Kermit Bloomgarden, Julie Harris and Sam Jaffe in a rehearsal for the 1956 Central City production of 'The Lark.'

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Black and white photograph of Richard Bonelli performing as Danilo posing for a photograph for the 1933 performance of the Central City Opera production 'The Merry Widow.'