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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:

Illustration Opera House Exterior

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0081.0004.00027
Abstract

Black and white Illustration of the Central City Opera House in Cenrtral City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Index Prints of the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00028
Abstract

Index prints of photographs depicting the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

Individuals Affiliated with the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00004
Abstract

Left to right, Douglas Moore, Dolores Wilson who performed as 'Baby Doe' and Emerson Buckley, the conductor for the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: 1956

Individuals Affiliated with the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00005
Abstract

Frances Bible, Dolroes Wilson and Lucine Amara and another affiliate of the Central City Opera premiere production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: 1956

Inge Manski, 1948

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0055.0005.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Inge Manski, a soprano singer from the Chicago Civic Opera Company who performed with the Central City Opera as Flora Bervoix in the 1946 production of 'La Traviata' and as Nicklausse in the 1948 opera ''The Tales of Hoffmann.''

Dates: 1948

Inge Manski

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0055.0005.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Inge Manski, a soprano singer from the Chicago Civic Opera Company who performed with the Central City Opera as Flora Bervoix in the 1946 production of 'La Traviata' and as Nicklausse in the 1948 opera ''The Tales of Hoffmann.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Inge Manski in 'The Tales of Hoffmann', 1948

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0055.0005.00003
Abstract

Inge Manski, a soprano singer from the Chicago Civic Opera Company who performed with the Central City Opera in 1946 as Flora Bervoix in the opera 'La Traviata' and in 1948 as Nicklausse in the opera 'The Tales of Hoffmann,' appears as Nicklausse.

Dates: 1948

'Iolanthe', 1955-1968

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0006
Abstract

This folder contains photographs from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company production of 'Iolanthe' who performed at the Central City Opera House during the 1955 and 1968 seasons.

Dates: 1955-1968

'Iolanthe', 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0003.00012
Abstract

Photograph of unidentified performer in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'Iolanthe' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955-1968

'Iolanthe', 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0003.00013
Abstract

Photograph of two unidentified performers in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'Iolanthe' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955-1968

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