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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:

'Helen Keller: Age 8 and 80', 1960

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0080.0001.00001
Abstract

Black and white photograph of Helen Keller at age 8 and 80. Caption on photograph reads, 'This outstaning American proved that determination and courage can overcome and obstacle. Her story is excitingly told in William Gibson's stage play, THE MIRACLE WORKER, due here this season.' The theater piece 'The Miracle Worker' was part of the 1961 central City Opera House festival.

Dates: 1960

Helen Laird

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0051.0012.00001
Abstract

Informal portrait of Helen Laird, a singer who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Helen Olheim, 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Helen Olheim, a singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the opera ''The Bartered Bride'' as Ludmila.

Dates: 1940

Helen Olheim as Ludmila in ''The Bartered Bride'', 1940

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0004.00002
Abstract

Helen Olheim as Ludmila in the Central City Opera production of ''The Bartered Bride.''

Dates: 1940

Helen Rose Fashion Show - 1963, 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0010.00001
Abstract

Photograph of an attentive audience of fashion-conscious society patrons watches a model walking the fashion ramp during the annual Central City fashion show in the Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1963

Helen Vanni, 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0064.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Helen Vanni, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Virginella in the 1958 opera 'La perichole' and as Lola in 'Cavalleria Rusticana' that same year.

Dates: 1958

Henry Moore Teller, 1908

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0063.0003.00001
Abstract

Senator Henry Moore Teller at the Miner's Convention in Boulder, Colorado; Teller opened the Teller House in 1872, a hotel used by and affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1908

Herbert Beattie

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0036.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Herbert Beattie, a bass singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1964 production of 'The Lady From Colorado."

Dates: 1930-1969

Herbert Graf

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0003.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Herbert Graf, a stage director from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1941-1948 and 1953 seasons.

Dates: 1930-1969

Herbert Graf

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0047.0003.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Herbert Graf, a stage director from the Metropolitan Opera who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1941-1948 and 1953 seasons.

Dates: 1930-1969

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