Central City (Colo.)

(left to right) Associate music director Walter Taussig, singer Polyna Stoska, music director Kurt Adler and performer Lubomir Vichegnov in the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne auf Naxos" in front of a microphone and empty chairs.

Christine Cardillo, Polyna Stoska, Eva Likova and Rosalind Elias, who all performed in the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust,'' chat by the piano.

Charles Anthony ( second from left) and Polyna Stoska in costume as The composer and a group of individuals affilated with the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne auf Naxos.''

Portrait of Polyna Stoska, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera as The Composer in the opera ''Ariadne auf Nexos.''

Portrait of Polyna Stoska, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera as The Composer in the opera ''Ariadne auf Naxos.''

Portrait of Polyna Stoska, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera as The Composer in the opera ''Ariadne auf Naxos.''

Portrait of Polyna Stoska, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1954 production of "Ariadne auf Naxos.".

Polyna Stoska in costume as The Composer and three unidentified men by a brick wall before the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne auf Naxos.''