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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:

Regina Resnik at Door of Train, 1947

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0060.0008.00003
Abstract

Informal portrait of Regina Resnik (top right), a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Leonore in the 1947 production of 'Fidelio' and as Rosalinda in the 1949 production of 'Die Fledermaus,' on a train at Union Station in Denver, Colorado in 1947.

Dates: 1947

Regina Resnik in ''Fidelio'', 1947

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0060.0008.00005
Abstract

Regina Resnik (left), a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Leonore in the 1947 production of 'Fidelio' and as Rosalinda in the 1949 production of 'Die Fledermaus.', appears in the opera ''Fidelio.''

Dates: 1947

Regina Resnik in fur

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0060.0008.00007
Abstract

Portrait of Regina Resnik, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Leonore in the 1947 production of 'Fidelio' and as Rosalinda in the 1949 production of 'Die Fledermaus.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Reharsal for 'The Beautiful Galatea', 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0003.00001
Abstract

(clockwise from top) Paul Franke, unidentified actor, Andrew Gainey, Laurel Hurley,and Kayton Nesbitt rehearse for the 1951 production of 'The Beautiful Galatea.'

Dates: 1951

Reharsal for 'The Beautiful Galatea', 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0003.00002
Abstract

(from left to right) An unidentified man, Virginia Haskins, unidentified affiliate,unknown piano player, Kayton Nesbitt, and Andrew Gainey rehearse for the 1951 production of 'The Beautiful Galatea.'

Dates: 1951

Reharsal for 'The Beautiful Galatea', 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0003.00003
Abstract

(from left to right) An unidentified man, Virginia Haskins, unidentified affiliate,unknonw piano player, Kayton Nesbitt, and Andrew Gainey rehearse for the 1951 production of 'The Beautiful Galatea.'

Dates: 1951

Reharsal for 'The Beautiful Galatea', 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0003.00004
Abstract

Andrew Gainey (left) and Virginia Haskin (right) pose during rehearsal for the 1951 production of 'The beautiful Galatea.' Gainey performed as Ganymede and Haskins in the title role of Galatea.

Dates: 1951

Reharsal for 'The Beautiful Galatea', 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0003.00006
Abstract

Andrew Gainey (right) and Virginia Haskin (left) sit during rehearsal for the 1951 production of 'The beautiful Galatea.' Gainey performed as Ganymede and Haskins in the title role of Galatea.

Dates: 1951

Reharsal for 'The Beautiful Galatea', 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0003.00007
Abstract

Andrew Gainey (left) holds back Kayton Nesbitt (center) from Virginia Haskin (right) during rehearsal for the 1951 production of 'The beautiful Galatea.' Gainey performed as Ganymede, Nesbitt as Pygmalion and Haskins in the title role as Galatea.

Dates: 1951

Reharsal for 'The Beautiful Galatea', 1951

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0070.0003.00008
Abstract

Andrew Gainey (left) holds back Kayton Nesbitt (center) from Virginia Haskin (right) during rehearsal for the 1951 production of 'The beautiful Galatea.' Gainey performed as Ganymede, Nesbitt as Pygmalion and Haskins in the title role as Galatea.

Dates: 1951

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