Central City (Colo.)

Portrait of Brian Sullivan, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1947 production of "Fidelio" and the 1954 production of "'Faust."

Portrait of Brian Sullivan, a tenor singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1947 production of "Fidelio" and the 1954 production of "'Faust."

Photograph of a scene in the 1954 Central City Opera production of 'Faust' where Brian Sullivan performing as Faust (left) signing a document that is being held by Louis Sgarro performing as Mephistopheles, in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Coloado.

Photograph of a final scene in the 1954 Central City Opera production of 'Faust' where Brian Sullivan performing as Faust (left) turns his back on Louis Sgarro performing as Mephistopheles plays a lute like instrument, in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Coloado.

Photograph of a scene in the 1954 Central City Opera production of 'Faust' where Brian Sullivan performing as Faust (left) turns his back on Louis Sgarro performing as Mephistopheles plays a lute like instrument, in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Coloado.

Black and white photograph of Brian Sullivan (left) with two unidentified affiliates reading a book titled,'The Bonanza Trail.'

Photograph of Brian Sullivan and Virginia MacWatters who performed as the two leads, Faust and Marguerite, in the 1954 Central City Opera production of 'Faust,' wait backstagein costume.

Photograph of Brian Sullivan performing in the title role of the 1954 Central City Opera Festival production of 'Faust' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Photograph of Brian Sullivan performing in the title role of the 1954 Central City Opera Festival production of 'Faust' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Photograph of a scene in the 1954 Central City Opera production of 'Faust' where Brian Sullivan performing as Faust (right) is sword fighting with Theodor Uppman as Valentin as Louis Sgarro performing as Mephistopheles watches (center), in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Coloado.