Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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:
Frank (Francesco) Valentino
Portrait of Frank ( Francesco) Valentino, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in six productions between 1946-1954. Valentino performed as Giorgio Germont in 'La traviata,' as Sharpless in 'Madame Butterfly,' the Husband in 'Amelia Goes to the Ball,' Count Almaviva in 'the Marriage of Figaro,' Valentin in 'Faust,' and also as the Music teacher in 'Airadne auf Naxos.'
Frank (Francesco) Valentino
Portrait of Frank ( Francesco) Valentino, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in six productions between 1946-1954. Valentino performed as Giorgio Germont in 'La traviata,' as Sharpless in 'Madame Butterfly,' the Husband in 'Amelia Goes to the Ball,' Count Almaviva in 'the Marriage of Figaro,' Valentin in 'Faust,' and also as the Music teacher in 'Airadne auf Naxos.'
Frank (Francesco) Valentino
Portrait of Frank ( Francesco) Valentino, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in six productions between 1946-1954. Valentino performed as Giorgio Germont in 'La traviata,' as Sharpless in 'Madame Butterfly,' the Husband in 'Amelia Goes to the Ball,' Count Almaviva in 'the Marriage of Figaro,' Valentin in 'Faust,' and also as the Music teacher in 'Airadne auf Naxos.'
Frank (Francesco) Valentino
Portrait of Frank ( Francesco) Valentino, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in six productions between 1946-1954. Valentino performed as Giorgio Germont in 'La traviata,' as Sharpless in 'Madame Butterfly,' the Husband in 'Amelia Goes to the Ball,' Count Almaviva in 'the Marriage of Figaro,' Valentin in 'Faust,' and also as the Music teacher in 'Airadne auf Naxos.'
Frank Guarrera
Frank Guarrera, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1956 season in 'Tosca', 1957 in 'Rigoletto', 'The Ballad of Bay Doe' in 1959, 1960 in 'Lucia di Lammermoor' and in 'Falstaff' in 1972.
Frank Guarrera, 1961
Autographed portrait of Frank Guarrera, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1956 season in 'Tosca', 1957 in 'Rigoletto', 'The Ballad of Bay Doe' in 1959, 1960 in 'Lucia di Lammermoor' and in 'Falstaff' in 1972.
Frank Guarrera
Frank Guarrera, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1956 season in 'Tosca', 1957 in 'Rigoletto', 'The Ballad of Bay Doe' in 1959, 1960 in 'Lucia di Lammermoor' and in 'Falstaff' in 1972.
Frank Guarrera
Frank Guarrera, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1956 season in 'Tosca', 1957 in 'Rigoletto', 'The Ballad of Bay Doe' in 1959, 1960 in 'Lucia di Lammermoor' and in 'Falstaff' in 1972.
Frank Guarrera, 1959
Frank Guarrera, a baritone singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1956 season in 'Tosca', 1957 in 'Rigoletto', 'The Ballad of Bay Doe' in 1959, 1960 in 'Lucia di Lammermoor' and in 'Falstaff' in 1972.
Frank Guarrera as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, 1959
Frank Guarrera poses for a publicity portrait. Guarrera appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe,'' performed at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.
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