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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:

1952 Cast of "La Boheme", 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0005.00012
Abstract

Photograph of Chester Watson as Alcindoro and Jean Gibbons as Musetta in act II in the 1952 Central City production of 'La Boheme' presented in Cenrtal City, Colorado

Dates: 1952

1952 Cast of "La Boheme", 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0005.00013
Abstract

Photograph of act IV in the 1952 Central City production of 'La Boheme'. Just before Mimi dies, the four Bohemians gather around to comfort and reassure her. Left to right: Algerd Brazis as Schaunard, Michael Bondon as colline, Davis Cunningham as Rodolpho, Hugh Thompson as Marcello, and Ann Ayars as Mimi.

Dates: 1952

1952 Cast of "La Boheme", 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0005.00017
Abstract

Photo sheet of the 1952 Central City production of 'La Boheme' presented in Cenrtal City, Colorado.Sheets include photographs of Jean Gibbons, Ann Ayars, Algerd Brazis, Michael Bondon, Davis Cunningham, Hugh Thmpson and Chester Watson.

Dates: 1952

1962 Cast of 'La Boheme", 1962

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0005.00016

A Man Gives a Shave in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00019
Abstract

An unidentified performer shaves another man in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

''Abduction From Sergalio'', 1946

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0001.00001
Abstract

Unidentified women perform in the Central City Opera production of ''Abduction From Sergalio.''

Dates: 1946

Act I of ''And Perhaps Happiness'', 1958

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0005.00015
Abstract

Left to right, Hugh Marlowe as Aaron, Richard Gaines as Horace Greely, K.T. Stevens as Silverheels and Paul McQuire as Pap Wycker perform together in act I of the 1958 Central City Opera production of ''And Perhaps Happiness.''

Dates: 1958

Act I of 'The Mikado', 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0007.00003
Abstract

Photograph of Philip Potter as Nanki-Poo in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company production of 'The Mikado' at the Central City Opera House in central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1955-1968

Act I 'Pirates of Penzance', 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0008.00004
Abstract

Unidentified performers in a scene from act I in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company production of 'Pirates of Penzance' at the central City Opera House in central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1955-1968

Act II of 'The Mikado', 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0007.00004
Abstract

Photograph of Peggy Ann Jones as Pitti Sing, Kenneth Sandford as Pooh Bah, John Reed as Ko Ko and Philip Potter as Nanki-Poo 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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