Whitestone Photo

Eleanor Steber (on stage left), David Garen (second from left on stage) and stage director Alfred De Liagre (standing on stage) rehearses on stage and associate music director Walter Taussig (at piano) plays piano musical director Tibor Kozma (far right) conducting, for the Central City Opera production of ''Amelia Goes To The Ball.''

The cast rehearses on stage, stage director Alfred De Liagre (wearing white shirt) and musical director Kozma Tibor (front of photograph) for the Central City Opera production of ''Amelia Goes To The Ball'' and the conductor motions in the foreground.

Mimi Benzell, Wilma Spence and Eva Likova, who all performed as Ariadne in the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne auf Naxos."

Tibor Kozma, a musical director and conductor who worked with the Central City Opera, conducts rehearsals. Irene Kahn at the piano, singing is James Pease (left), Genevieve Warner (center) and Michael Bondon (right).

Tibor Kozma, a musical director and conductor who worked with the Central City Opera, conducts rehearsals. Irene Kahn at the piano, singing is James Pease (left), Genevieve Warner (center) and Michael Bondon (right).

Black and white photograph of David Garen as Romeo and Virginia Haskins as Juliet participate in a rehearsal for the 1951 Central City Festival production of the opera 'Romeo and Juleit' at the Central City Opera House.