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

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

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

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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.''

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Martha Lipton, Walter cassel, and Dolores Wilson (from right to left) make up the cast of the 1956 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe', looking over score with musical director Emerson Buckley (left)

Abstract ''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' cast, dramatists, musicians, and directors take a bow after a performance at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. Front row, left to right: Douglas Moore (composer), Emerson Buckley (music director), Walter Cassel (baritone, portrayed Horace Tabor), Martha Lipton (mezzo-soprano, portrayed Augusta Tabor), Dolores Wilson (soprano, portrayed Elizabeth ''Baby Doe'' Tabor), John Latouche (librettist), Hanya Holm (co-director and choreographer),...

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Martha Lipton (seated, center) as Augusta Tabor and four unidentified women perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

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Martha Lipton (right) as Augusta Tabor and Dolores Wilson (left) as Baby Doe perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

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Martha Lipton of the Metropolitan Opera poses for a publicity portrait. Lipton appeared as Augusta Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe," performed at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.