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Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)

 Organization

Biography

__ __ __Work cat.: The glory that was gold, 1992: t.p. (Central City Opera House) p. vii (built in 1878 in Central City, Colo.)

Biography

Central City Opera House is given to the University of Denver by the McFarlane family in 1932 (Ida Kruse McFarlane, Professor of English at DU, good friends with Anne Evans). The CCOHA was administered as a non-profit corporation during this time.

Sources

Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, 126.

Found in 2694 Collections and/or Records:

Four Performers in the Production ''Foust'' Pose by the Piano, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00027
Abstract

(from left to right) Louis Sgarro, Rosalind Elias, Virgina MacWatters, and Theodor Uppman, perfromers from the 1954 Central City Opera production of ''Faust,'' pose for a picture by the piano.

Dates: 1954

Four Performers in the Productions ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust'' Around a Piano, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00025
Abstract

Brian Sullivan, Theodor Uppman, Frances Bible and Rosalind Elias who all performed in the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust,'' gather arround a piano.

Dates: 1954

Four Unidentified Affiliates, 1966-1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0083.0006.00003
Abstract

Black and white photograph of four unidentified CCOH affiliates standing in front of a ABC Denver camera in an unknown location.

Dates: 1966-1967

Four Unidentified Affiliates Seated in Unknown Location

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00013
Abstract

Black and white photograph of four unidentified affiliates seated in an unknown location.

Dates: 1930-1969

Four Women in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00035
Abstract

Dolores Wilson (second from left) as Baby Doe and one other unidentified women and two unidentified girls perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Frances Bible

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0019.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Frances Bible, a mezzo soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the production of "The Marriage of Figaro" as Cherubino and in the 1956 production of "The Ballad of Bay Doe" as Augusta Tabor.

Dates: 1956-1966

Frances Bible

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0019.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Frances Bible, a mezzo soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the production of "The Marriage of Figaro" as Cherubino and in the 1956 production of "The Ballad of Bay Doe" as Augusta Tabor.

Dates: 1956-1966

Frances Bible

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0019.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Frances Bible, a mezzo soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the production of "The Marriage of Figaro" as Cherubino and in the 1956 production of "The Ballad of Bay Doe" as Augusta Tabor.

Dates: 1956-1966

Frances Bible

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0019.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Frances Bible, a mezzo soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the production of "The Marriage of Figaro" as Cherubino and in the 1956 production of "The Ballad of Bay Doe" as Augusta Tabor.

Dates: 1956-1966

Frances Bible

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0019.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Frances Bible, a mezzo soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the production of "The Marriage of Figaro" as Cherubino and in the 1956 production of "The Ballad of Bay Doe" as Augusta Tabor.

Dates: 1956-1966

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