Central City (Colo.)

Laurel Hurley (center), a coloratura soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, rehearses for the opera ''The Beautiful Galatea'' with stage director Alfred de Liagre Jr (left) and actor Kayton Nesbitt (right).

Black and white photograph of (fighting , front row) Paul Frank (right) and Clifford Harvuot (left) while (back row, from l to r) Andrew Gainey, unidentified male affiliate, Laurel Hurley, unidentified male and unidentified affiliate watch in a rehearsal for the 1951 Central City Festival production of the opera 'Romeo and Juleit' at the Central City Opera House.

Black and white photograph of (fighting , front row) Paul Frank (right) and Clifford Harvuot (left) while (back row, from l to r) Andrew Gainey, unidentified male affiliate, Laurel Hurley, unidentified male and unidentified affiliate watch in a rehearsal for the 1951 Central City Festival production of the opera 'Romeo and Juleit' at the Central City Opera House.

Black and white photograph of (from l to r) Paul Franke, unidentified male affiliate, unidentified female affiliate, Virginia Haskins, Frank Valentino, Laurel Hurley, Andrew Gainey, an unidentified male affiliate and Dr. Elemer Nagy participate in a rehearsal for the 1951 Central City Festival production of the opera 'Romeo and Juleit' at the Central City Opera House.