Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
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:
KMYR Broadcast of Voice of America - 1954, 1954
Black and white film negative (an 8 x 10 photograph) of unknown roadio personality reading from a document into a KMYR microphone while standing on the opera house stage with two unidentified CCOH affiliates in Central City, Colorado.
Korean Vets Picture, 1951
Black and white photograph of Korean vets standing outside front of Opera House during 1951 season. Affiliates include: Clyde Larsen, Fritz Sienknecht, Sgt. Samuel Fortner, of Air Force, Sgt.A.F. Oren Hadsell, George Duckworth, Capt. Judith Bennett, Glen Pitsch, Arney Marolf, Francesco Valentino (CCOH performer), Pvt. Harold Glenz, Sgt. Cleon Carpenter and unidentified Red Cross nurse.
KT Stevens
Portrait of KT Stevens, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1958 production of "...And Perhaps Happiness."
Kurt Adler
Portrait of Kurt Adler, musical director that worked with the Central City Opera.
Kurt Adler and Men Affiliated with the Productions ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust'', 1954
(from left to right) Portrait of Thomas Hayward, Dino Yannoloulus, Walter Taussig, Kurt Adler, Frank Valentino, and an unidentified performer who is affilated with the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne'' and ''Faust.''
Kurt Adler and the Orchestra for the Production ''Faust'' in The Pit, 1954
Music director Kurt Adler, conducts a rehearsal for the 1954 production of "Faust."
Kurt Saffir
Portrait of Kurt Saffir, a pianist and conductor who worked with the Central City Opera.
"La Boheme"
(From left to right) Michael Bondon, Hans Busch, Genevieve Warner and James Pease rehearse for the production 'La Boheme.'
"La Boheme"
Rehearsing with Hans Busch (kneeling) are l.t.r: Michael Bondon, Genevieve Warner, and James Pease.
"La Boheme"
Tibor Kozma conducts while Irene Kahn plays piano for a rehearsal with (left to right) James Pease, Genevieve Warner, and Michael Bondon.
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