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Performing arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00007
Abstract

Martha Lipton (left), Walter Cassel (center), and Dolores Wilson (right) appear in the Central City Opera premiere production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00019
Abstract "Horace Tabor (sung by Walter Cassel) and Baby Doe (Dolores Wilson) first married in secret, and then later wed again in a lavish ceremony in Washington, DC. Designer Donald Oenslager created the elegant ballroom of the Willard Hotel for the wedding scene, pictured here at the world premiere in 1956. Oenslager designed eleven different sets and lighting for The Ballad of Baby Doe, as well as costumes for a cast of thirty-seven. The same sets were used for subsequent productions, including...
Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00020
Abstract

Leyna Gabriele and Frank Guarrera appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00021
Abstract

Martha Lipton and Walter Cassel appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00022
Abstract

Dolores Wilson and Walter Cassel appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00026
Abstract

Frank Guarrea, Martha Lipton and other unidentified performers appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00036
Abstract

Martha Lipton (right) as Augusta Tabor and Walter Cassel (left) as Horace Tabor appear in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe Wedding Celebration Scene, 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00002
Abstract

Walter Cassel and Dolores Wilson portray Horace and Baby Doe Tabor in the wedding celebration scene of a production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1956-1959

Central City Opera's the Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00027
Abstract

Clifford Harvuot (front and left of center with mustache) appears as Horace Tabor, with Mary McMurray (Augusta Tabor) and Osie Hawkins (footman), in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe" at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1956-1959

Chester Ludgin as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00016
Abstract

Chester Ludgin poses for a publicity photograph. Ludgin appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe," performed in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1956-1959