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Colorado

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ballad of Baby Doe Cast and Crew Take a Bow, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00006
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),...
Dates: between 1956-1959

John LaTouche - 1956, 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0192.0010.00001
Abstract

Black and white photograph of librettist, John LaTouche, who - along with composer Douglas Moore - composed the CCOHA production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe,' wearing a light colored suit coat holding a cigarette in one hand looking at the camera.

Dates: 1956

Martha Lipton with Friends

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0052.0005.00005
Abstract Portrait of Martha Lipton, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Augusta in the 1959 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe', photographed with John Latouche and Frank Ricketson. " John Latouche, Martha Lipton, and Frank ‘Rick’ Ricketson attended a party in celebration of the successful opening of The Ballad of Baby Doe. Latouche, dressed in western duds complete with Horace Tabor-style mustache, wrote the libretto, collaborating...
Dates: 1956-1959