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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:

Ann Ayars, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0035.0007.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Ann Ayars, a soprano singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1952 production of "La Boheme" as Mimi.

Dates: 1952

Ann Ayars and Davis Cunningham in "La Boheme", 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0005.00003
Abstract

Photograph of Ann Ayars performing as Mimi and Davis Cunningham as Rodolpho in the Central City Opera 1952 production of 'La Boheme.'

Dates: 1952

Ann Ayars and Davis Cunningham in "La Boheme", 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0005.00006
Abstract

Photograph of Ann Ayars performing as Mimi and Davis Cunningham as Rodolpho in the Central City Opera 1952 production of 'La Boheme.'

Dates: 1952

Ann Ayars and Davis Cunningham in "La Boheme", 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0005.00007
Abstract

Photograph of Ann Ayars performing as Mimi and Davis Cunningham as Rodolpho in the Central City Opera 1952 production of 'La Boheme.'

Dates: 1952

Ann Ayars and Davis Cunningham in "La Boheme", 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0005.00014
Abstract

Photograph of Ann Ayars performing as Mimi and Davis Cunningham as Rodolpho in the Central City Opera 1952 production of 'La Boheme.'

Dates: 1952

Ann Ayars and Davis Cunningham in "La Boheme", 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0005.00015
Abstract

Photograph of Ann Ayars performing as Mimi and Davis Cunningham as Rodolpho in the Central City Opera 1952 production of 'La Boheme.'

Dates: 1952

Ann Drummond-Grant in 'Iolanthe', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00014
Abstract

Photograph of Ann Drummond-Grant as the Queen of the Fairies in the 1955 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'Iolanthe' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955

Ann Drummond - Grant in 'The Mikado', 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0007.00007
Abstract

Photograph of Fisher Morgan as Pooh-Bah in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company production of 'The Mikado' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1955-1968

Ann Drummond-Grant in 'The Yeoman of the Guard', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00012
Abstract

Photograph of Ann Drummond-Grant as Dame Carruthers in the 1955 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'The Yeoman of the Guard' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955

Ann Shaw

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0061.0014.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Ann Shaw, a costume designer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

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