Pote, Louise

Photograph of three affiliates wearing head dresses while an unidentified man shares a pipe in front of the Central City Opera House.

Mildred Miller, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, applies makeup in the dressing room before a 1954 production of the opera ''Carmen.''

Mrs. (Julie) Spencer Penrose (second from left) with three unidentified friends at a formal gathering; Penrose was one of the original members of the board of directors and a major benefactor for the Central City Opera House Association.

Photograph of Muriel Harding who performed at the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Central City Opera House during the 1955 season as Josephine in the production 'H.M.S. Pinafore' and as Elsie Maynard in the production 'The Yeoman of the Guard.'

Photograph of Peter Pratt as Sir Joseph Porter in the 1955 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' at the Central City Opera House.

Photograph of Peter Pratt as Sir Joseph Porter in the 1955 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' at the Central City Opera House.

Photograph of Peter Pratt as Jack Point in the 1955 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'The Yeoman of the Guard' at the Central City Opera House.

Informal portrait of Regina Resnik (top right), a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Leonore in the 1947 production of 'Fidelio' and as Rosalinda in the 1949 production of 'Die Fledermaus,' on a train at Union Station in Denver, Colorado in 1947.

Rosalind Elias (top), a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, appears with Beverly Sills and William O'luis in the opera ''Aida.''

Photograph of Muriel Harding (left) as Josephine, Peter Pratt as Sir Joesph Porter and and unidentified male performer in the 1955 production of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Central City Opera House.