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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:

Irene Hawthorne in an Unidentified Production

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0015.00004
Abstract

Irene Hawthorne, the premiere danseuse from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1930-1969

Irene Hawthorne in an Unidentified Production

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0015.00005
Abstract

Irene Hawthorne, the premiere danseuse from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1930-1969

Irene Jordan, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Irene Jordan, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1957 season as Arsena in the opera ''The Gypsy Baron'' and as Gilda in the opera ''Rigoletto.''

Dates: 1957

Irene Jordan, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0002.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Irene Jordan, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1957 season as Arsena in the opera ''The Gypsy Baron'' and as Gilda in the opera ''Rigoletto.''

Dates: 1957

Irene Jordan, 1957

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0050.0002.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Irene Jordan, a soprano singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1957 season as Arsena in the opera ''The Gypsy Baron'' and as Gilda in the opera ''Rigoletto.''

Dates: 1957

Irene Kramarich, 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0051.0003.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Irene Kramarich, a mezzo-contralto singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1963

Irene Kramarich, 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0051.0003.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Irene Kramarich, a mezzo-contralto singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1963

Irene Kramarich in ''Il Travatore'', 1963

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0051.0003.00003
Abstract

Irene Kramarich, a mezzo-contralto singer who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Azucena in Verdi's opera ''Il Travatore.''

Dates: 1963

Isidore Godfrey and Ann Drummond-Grant

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0002.00004
Abstract

Photograph of Isidore Godfrey and Ann Drummon-Grant (they are Mr. and Mrs.) pretend to place a transAtlantic call on aged telephone in Teller House which is located in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1955-1968

Isidore Godfrey of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0003.00030
Abstract

Photograph of Isidore Godfrey, the musical director of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1929-1968.

Dates: 1955-1968

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