Whitestone Photo

Portrait of Charles W. Post, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Parpignol in 'La Boheme' and as Don cruzio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' during the 1957 season.

Genevieve Warner (second from right), a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1952 production of "La Boheme" as Mimi, rehearses for an unidentified production with Michael Bondon (left), Hans Busch (second from left) and James Pease (right).

Laurel Hurley (center), a coloratura soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, rehearses for the opera ''The Beautiful Galatea'' with stage director Alfred de Liagre Jr (left) and actor Kayton Nesbitt (right).