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Opera

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Scope Note: Here are entered general works about opera. Musical compositions in this form are entered under the heading|aOperas.

Found in 5447 Collections and/or Records:

''Central City Opera House Association'' - brochure

 File
Identifier: M123.01.0001.0009
Abstract

Brochure sumarizing the history of the Central City Opera

Dates: 1900-1954
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M123, Central City Opera House Association Records / Administrative Files / Box 1: History, Publications, and Brochures

Central City Opera House Association - Correspondence, 1961-1962, 1962-1962

 File
Identifier: M123.01.0023.0004
Abstract

Correspondence sent to the Central City Opera House Association in 1961 and 1962

Dates: 1962-1962
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M123, Central City Opera House Association Records / Administrative Files / Box 23: Colorado Day Essay Contest and Correspondence

Central City Opera House Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: M123
Abstract The Central City Opera House Association is a non-profit organization founded in 1931 to manage and preserve the Central City Opera House located in Central City, Colorado and to direct annual summer opera festivals. Heirs of Peter McFarlane, a Central City businessman who owned the Opera House prior to 1931, donated the building to the University of Denver in 1931. The real estate holdings of the University of Denver were transferred back to the Association in 1982. The Association held...
Dates: 1931-2015
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Central City Opera House Association Records

Central City Opera House Association - Roster, 1977

 File
Identifier: M123.04.0019.0006
Abstract

Central City Opera Association roster

Dates: 1977
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M123, Central City Opera House Association Records / Publicity / Box 19: Clippings and Programs

Central City Opera House Billboard - ''Othello'', 1934

 Item
Identifier: M123.01.0031.0002.00003
Abstract

Photograph of the Central City Opera House billboard advertising the 1934 production of ''Othello,'' staring Walter Huston.

Dates: 1934
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M123, Central City Opera House Association Records / Administrative Files / Box 31: Clippings, Photographs, Publications / Photographs - 1949-1955

Central City Opera House - Decorating Schemes - Dressing Rooms, 1949 October 27

 Item
Identifier: M123.05.0177.0002.00002
Abstract

Packet of information pertaining to the 1949 remodeling of the Central City Opera House dressing rooms. Packet contains notes, coorespondence, three different design plans and fabric and color samples for each.

Dates: 1949 October 27
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M123, Central City Opera House Association Records / Scores, Manuscripts, and Production Notes / Box 177: Illustrations / Central City Opera House Set Designs

Central City Opera House Documents, 1976

 File
Identifier: M123.04.0019.0005
Abstract

roster, financial statements, association bylaws and other miscellaneous documents pertaining to the Central City Opera

Dates: 1976
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M123, Central City Opera House Association Records / Publicity / Box 19: Clippings and Programs

Central City Opera House Set Designs

 File
Identifier: M123.05.0177.0002
Abstract

File folder contains designs for the 1947 production 'Fidelio' by Donald Oenslager, sketches for the redesigning of the dressing rooms in 1949, designs for the 1956 production of 'Tosca' by Dr. Elemer Nagy, an unidentified design (possible 1948 production of 'Cosi Fan Tutte' by Donald Oenslager) and the 1959 production of 'Die Fledermaus.

Dates: 1850-2008
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M123, Central City Opera House Association Records / Scores, Manuscripts, and Production Notes / Box 177: Illustrations

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

 Item
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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M123, Central City Opera House Association Records / Photographs / Box 69: Productions and Events, Ballad of Baby Doe-Bartered Bride / Ballad of Baby Doe

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

 Item
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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M123, Central City Opera House Association Records / Photographs / Box 69: Productions and Events, Ballad of Baby Doe-Bartered Bride / Ballad of Baby Doe

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