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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:

Kayton Nesbitt, 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0018.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Kayton Nesbitt, a tennor singer who performed as Tybalt in the Central City Opera 1951 production of "Romeo and Juliet."

Dates: 1951

Kayton Nesbitt Fencing

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0018.00003
Abstract

Kayton Nesbitt, a tennor singer who performed with the Central City Opera, practices fencing for his role as Tybalt in the 1951 opera ''Romeo and Juliet.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Kayton Nesbitt Fencing

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0018.00004
Abstract

Kayton Nesbitt, a tennor singer who performed with the Central City Opera, practices fencing for his role as Tybalt in the 1951 opera ''Romeo and Juliet.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Kayton Nesbitt Fencing

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0018.00005
Abstract

Kayton Nesbitt, a tennor singer who performed with the Central City Opera, practices fencing for his role as Tybalt in the 1951 opera ''Romeo and Juliet.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Kayton Nesbitt Fencing

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0057.0018.00006
Abstract

Kayton Nesbitt, a tennor singer who performed with the Central City Opera, practices fencing for his role as Tybalt in the 1951 opera ''Romeo and Juliet.''

Dates: 1930-1969

Kellis Miller

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0056.0021.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Kellis Miller, a tenor singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Dr Blind in the 1969 production of 'Die Fledermaus' and as Spoletta in 'Tosca' that same year.

Dates: 1930-1969

Kenneth MacKenna in ''Othello'', 1934

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0001.00001
Abstract

Kenneth MacKenna, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Iago in the opera ''Othello.''

Dates: 1934

Kenneth MacKenna in ''Othello'', 1934

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0054.0001.00002
Abstract

Kenneth MacKenna, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Iago in the opera ''Othello.''

Dates: 1934

Kenneth Sandford, 1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0061.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Kenneth Sandford, a baritone singer from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who performed with the Central City Opera during during a residency in 1968. Sandford performed in the roles of Pooh-Bah in 'the Mikado' and Wilfrid Shadbolt in 'the Yeoman of the Guard.'

Dates: 1968

Kenneth Sandford and John Reed in 'The Mikado', 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0007.00002
Abstract

Photograph of Kenneth Sandford as Pooh-Bah and John Reed as Ko-Ko in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company production of 'The Mikado' at the Central City Opera House in central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1955-1968

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