Mélançon, Louis

Black and white photograph of (from l to r) Emerson Buckley (long time music director) standing with Ruth Martin and Thomas Martin conductors from the Met in the court yard of the opera house in Central City, Colorado.

Felix Eyle, a concert master from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera, plays the violin.

Portrait of Frances Greer, a soprano from the Metropolitian Opera, as Musetta in the production of 'La Boheme'. Greere, performed with the Central City Opera as Martha in the 1947 production of 'Martha.'

Black and white photograph of Hanya Holm (choreographer) in conversation with Douglas Moore (composer) during the 1956 Central City Opera Festival production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe.'

Photograph of Central City Hanya Holm (left) and two unidentified affiliates at a social gathering.

Left to right, Douglas Moore, Dolores Wilson who performed as 'Baby Doe' and Emerson Buckley, the conductor for the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Inge Manski, a soprano singer from the Chicago Civic Opera Company who performed with the Central City Opera in 1946 as Flora Bervoix in the opera 'La Traviata' and in 1948 as Nicklausse in the opera 'The Tales of Hoffmann,' appears as Nicklausse.

Jerome Hines performes in the Central City Opera production of ''Aida.''

Portrait of John Alexander, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the productions "Cavalleria Rusticana" in 1958, "Die Fledermaus" in 1959, "Adia" in 1960, "The Elixir of Love" in 1961, and "La Boheme" in 1962, with an unidentified woman pose in front of the Opera House billboard.

Portrait of John Alexander, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the productions "Cavalleria Rusticana" in 1958, "Die Fledermaus" in 1959, "Adia" in 1960, "The Elixir of Love" in 1961, and "La Boheme" in 1962, with an unidentified woman pose in front of the Opera House billboard.