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Portrait of Lillian Cushing in a garden; choreographer with the Central City Opera.

Lucius Beebe (third from left) an author and theater critic for Central City Opera, and three other men affiliated with the Central City Opera House pose for a photograph.

Lucius Beebe (right) an author and theater critic for the Central City Opera, with Mimi Benzell and Janet McDonald in the Teller House before a Central City Opera performance.

Black and white photograph of CCOH actress Lydia St Clair posing with two small white dogs during the 1953 festival production of 'The Time of the Cuckoo' at the Central City Opera House.

A young man chisles a rock in the street in Central City, Colorado; affiliated with the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness.''

An unidentified man draws his sword on another man in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Photograph of the manuscript for the opera ''Carmen'' which was produced and directed at the Central City Opera by Herbert Graf, a stage director from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera.

Portrait of Margaret Roggero, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1951 season as Gertrude in 'Romeo and Juliet' and as her Friend in 'Amelia goes to the Ball.' Roggero also performed during the 1957 season as Maddalena in 'Rigoletto' and as Czipra.

Photograph of Maria Di Gerlando who performed as Saffi in the 1957 Central City Festival production of 'The Gypsy Baron,' in an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.

Photograph of Maria Di Gerlando who performed as Saffi in the 1957 Central City Festival production of 'The Gypsy Baron,' in an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.