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:
Mildred Miller Doing Makeup, 1954
Mildred Miller, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, applies makeup in the dressing room before a 1954 production of the opera ''Carmen.''
Mildred Miller in 'Carmen', 1953
Photograph of Mildred Miller who performed as Carmen in the 1953 Central City production of 'Carmen.'
Mildred Miller in 'Carmen', 1953
Photograph of Mildred Miller who performed as Carmen in the 1953 Central City production of 'Carmen.'
Mildred Miller's Debut
Mildred Miller, a mezzo-soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the lead role of Carmen as 'Carmen' in 1953, is greated by her husband Captain Wesley Posvar after her debut on ''The Telephone Hour.''
Mills Electric Piano
Black and white film negativeof a Mills Electric Piano in an unknown location in Central City, Colorado. Sign on top of instrument reads: ' This instruemtn was pat. June 4, 1912. It plays 5 pieces, All Automatic, All Electric.'
Mimi Benzell, 1954
Portrait of Mimi Benzell, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1954 season in the production of "Faust" and as Zerbinetta in the opera ''Ariadne auf Naxos.''
Mimi Benzell in costume, 1954
Portrait of Mimi Benzell, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera during the 1954 season in the production of "Faust" and as Zerbinetta in the opera ''Ariadne auf Naxos'', in an unidentified production.
Models Walk Central City Festival Runway, 1967
Black and white photograph of an unidentified woman speaking at a podium on stage while eight women walk down a runway during the Fashion Show at the Central City Opera House.
Monica Morare, 1965
Portrait of Monica Morare, a performer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1965 production of "Any Wednesday."
Morley Meredith
Portrait of Morley Meredith, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1957 production of 'The Gypsy baron' as Count Homonay.
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