Operas
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Staged dramatic works in which the actors sing most or all of their parts, and other types of musico-dramatic works that have significant portions of spoken text and have historically been regarded as forming part of the operatic repertory.
Found in 118 Collections and/or Records:
Fidelio, 1947 July
Item
Identifier: M123.02.0395.0012.00001
Abstract
Program for "Fidelio" produced by the Central City Opera House Association.Cast includes: Philip Kinsman (Don Fernando), Kenneth Schon (Don Pizarro), Brian Sullivan (Florestan), Regina Resnik (Leonore), Lorenzo Alvary (Rocco), Lois Hunt (Marcelline), Leslie Chabay (Jacquino), Peter Battaglia (First Prisoner), Ray Baber (Second Prisoner), Chorus; Mary Blackmore, Jeanne Crom, Lillian Erickson, Ruan Frans, Eleanoe Funderburg, Betty Massey, Ruth Meinke, Marie Roth, Virginia Starr,...
Dates:
1947 July
Flower Girls, 1932-2015
Series
Identifier: M123.09
Abstract
The Flower Girls were a fundraising tradition started by Anne Evans with the first Central City Opera Festival season in 1932. Debutantes from prominent Denver families would be selected by a "secret committee" to act as hostesses of the opera's opening nights, handing out nosegay bouquets to opera-goers to throw onstage as the permiere performance curtain closed.
The materials in the first three boxes of this series were put together by Barbara Ferguson, who has been involved...
Dates:
1932-2015
Harvey, 1947 August
Item
Identifier: M123.02.0395.0012.00003
Abstract
Program for "Harvey" produced by the Central City Opera House Association.Cast includes: Mary Dallas (Myrtle Mae Simmons), Marion Lorne (Veta Louise Simmons), Frank Fay (Elwood P. Dowd), Helen Randall (Miss Johnson), Dorothy Scott (Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet), Mabel McCallum (Ruth Kelly, R.N.), Bradford Hatton (Duane Wilson), Thomas Hume (Lyman Sanderson, M.D.), Mitchell Harris (William R. Chumley, M.D.), Frances Woodbury (Betty Chumley), Sydney Grant (Judge Omar Gaffney), and Carl Low...
Dates:
1947 August
La Boheme, 1952 June/July
Item
Identifier: M123.02.0395.0017.00001
Abstract
Program from the Central City Opera House Association's 1952 production of "La Boheme." Cast includes: Davis Cunningham, James McCracken, David Poleri (Rodolfo), Hugh Thompson (Marcello), Michael Bondon, James Pease (Colline), Algerd Brazis (Schaunard), Ann Ayars, Anne Bollinger, Virginia MacWatters, Brenda Miller (Mimi), Charles Post (Parpignol), Jean Gibbons (Musetta), Chester Watson (Alcindoro), Dean Hutchins (Sergeant), Jack D'Arcy...
Dates:
1952 June/July
La Traviata, 1946 July
Item
Identifier: M123.02.0395.0011.00002
Abstract
Program for "La Traviata" produced by the Central City Opera House Association.Cast includes: Florence Quartararo (Violetta), Inge Manski (Flora Bervoix), Norma Lee Larkin (Annina), Brooks McCormack (Alfredo), Francesco Valentino (Giorgio Germont), Laszlo Csabay (Gastone), John Baker (Baron Douphol), Paul Kwartin (Marquis d'Obigny), William Hargrave (Doctor Grenvil), Lary Bolton (Joseph), Chorus: Maxine Bucklew, Gwen Gallegos, Rae Hall, Ruth Meinke, Patrice Molitor, Marilyn...
Dates:
1946 July
Lillian Covillo and John Winthrop in "Sleeping Beauty", 1945
Item
Identifier: D022.01.0001.0004.00001
Abstract
Photograph of Lillian Covillo and John Winthrop for Denver Grand Opera's production "Tosca" on May 14-16 at the City Auditorium. This performance featured the "Sleeping Beauty" ballet. Covillo and Winthrop danced as principals for the ballet.
Dates:
1945
Lillian Covillo for "Carmen" Photoshoot, 1941
Item — Box D022.0001: Series D022.01; Series D022.02; Series D022.03; Series D022.04; Series D022.05; Series D022.06 [Barcode: U186022113976]
Identifier: D022.01.0001.0002.00001
Abstract
Photograph of Lillian Covillo for the 1941 Denver Grand Opera production of "Carmen." Photo depicts Lillian with fan held overhead.
Dates:
1941
Lillian Covillo for "Mignon" Photoshoot 3, 1944
Item
Identifier: D022.01.0001.0003.00003
Abstract
Photograph of Lillian Covillo for Denver Grand Opera's production "Mignon." Lillian served as the lead and ballet director for this program.
Dates:
1944
Madame Butterfly, 1950 July
Item
Identifier: M123.02.0395.0015.00002
Abstract
Program from the Central City Opera House's 1950 production of "Madame Butterfly."Cast includes: Davis Cunningham, Thomas Hayward, Brooks McCormack (Lt. Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton), Hubert Norville (Goro), Thelma Altman and Jean Madeira (Suzuki), Clifford Harvuot and Francesco Valentino (Sharpless), Theodora Brandon, Paula Lenchner, and Brenda Lewis (Cho-Cho-San (Madame Butterfly), Robert L. Johnson (The Imperial Commissioner), Stanley Carlson (The Bonze), Benjamin Thomas...
Dates:
1950 July
Martha, 1947 July
Item
Identifier: M123.02.0395.0012.00002
Abstract
Program for "Martha" produced by the Central City Opera House Association.Cast includes: Frances Greer (Lady Harriet/Martha), Claramae Turner (Nancy), Leopold Simoneau (Lionel), James Pease (Plunkett), Lawrence Davidson (Sir Tristram), Philip Kinsman (Sheriff), Audwin Sidebottom, Royden Massey, and Louis Schoen (Three Servants), Virginia Starr, Betty Massey, and Dorothy Juden (Three Maids), Larry Bolton (Sheriff's Assistant), Chorus; Mary Blackmore, Jeanne Crom, Lillian Erickson,...
Dates:
1947 July