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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:

Nica Doret

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0018.00004
Abstract

Portrait of Nica Doret, a dancer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1935 production of 'Central City Nights.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Nica Doret in ''Central City Nights'', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0018.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Nica Doret, a dancer who worked with the Central City Opera, in costume for the 1935 production of ''Central City Nights.''

Dates: 1935

Nica Doret in ''Central City Nights'', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0018.00002
Abstract

Nica Doret, a dancer who worked with the Central City Opera, apears in costume for the 1935 production of ''Central City Nights.''

Dates: 1935

Nica Doret in ''Central City Nights'', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0018.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Nica Doret, a dancer who worked with the Central City Opera, in costume for the 1935 production of ''Central City Nights.''

Dates: 1935

Nica Doret in 'Central City Nights', 1935

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0072.0004.00003
Abstract

Signed photograph of Nica Doretl, a performer in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'

Dates: 1935

Nica Doret in 'Central City Nights', 1935

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Identifier: M123.03.0072.0004.00011
Abstract

Photograph of Nica Doret in costume backstage in the 1935 Central City production of 'Central City Nights.'

Dates: 1935

Nico Castel, 1969

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0014.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Nico Castel, a comprimario tenor opera singer who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1969 production of "Die Fledermaus."

Dates: 1969

Nino Ruisi, 1941

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0060.0018.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Nino Ruisi, a basso singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in the 1941 opera ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: 1941

Nino Ruisi in ''The Barber of Seville'', 1941

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0060.0018.00001
Abstract

Nino Ruisi, a basso singer who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Basilio in the 1941 opera ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: 1941

Nino Ruisi - Proof Book, 1941

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0060.0018.00003
Abstract

Proof book containing four photographic prints of of Nino Ruisi, a basso singer who performed with the Central City Opera, in in costume for the 1941 opera ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: 1941

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Archival Object 2690
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Publicity photographs 39
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Opera festivals 30
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