Beck, William

Emerson Buckley (seated, far left) Hanya Holm (standing, left) and Frank Ricketson Jr. (standing, right) at the head table at the Central City Opera Alumni Meeting in 1966.

Photographs of William Beck, a performer with the Central City Opera

Folder contains photographic prints of bass, William Beck. Mr. Beck performed with the CCOHA in festivals from 1962-1970 in various productions; Schaunard in 'La Boheme' (1962), Masetto in 'Don Giovanni' (1963), Sharpless in 'Madame Butterfly (1964), Figaro in 'Barber of Seville' (1965), Dr Malatesta in 'Don Pasquale' (1967), Falke in 'Die Fledermaus' (1969), and during the 1970 festival season Slim in 'Of Mice and Men' and Schaunard in 'La Boheme.'

Contains black and white negative transparency of University of Denver affiliate William Beck.

Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in many performances from 1959-1966, appears as Horace Tabor in the 1966 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe.'

Photograph of unidentified male performing as Ernesto in a scene for a Central City production of "Don Pasquale."

Autographed photograph of Emerson Buckley, a conductor and music director who worked with the Central City Opera from 1965-1960, 1964, 1967, 1969, and 1976. Emerson Buckley was the music director for the first three productions of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at Central City.

Photograph of Herbert Beattie as Don Pasquale for the 1967 Central City production of "Don Pasquale."

Photograph of Herbert Beattie as Don Pasquale in a scene for the 1967 Central City production of "Don Pasquale."

Photo sheet of Herbert Beattie as Don Pasquale in a scene for the 1967 Central City production of "Don Pasquale."