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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:

Richard D'Oyly Carte

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0004.00003
Abstract

Photograph of Richard D'Oyly Carte, an english talent agent and composer who is best known for the opera company he established, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

Dates: 1955-1968

Richard Hale, 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0048.0002.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Richard Hale, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1939 production of the "Yeoman of the Guard."

Dates: 1939

Richard Hale Head Shot for "Yeoman of the Guard", 1939

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Identifier: M123.03.0048.0002.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Richard Hale, an actor who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1939 production of "The Yeoman of the Guard."

Dates: 1939

Richard Kness

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Identifier: M123.03.0050.0015.00001
Abstract

Autographed portrait of Richard Kness, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Richard Kness in an Unidentified Production

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Identifier: M123.03.0050.0015.00002
Abstract

Richard Kness, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in an unidentified production.

Dates: 1930-1969

Richard Krause

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Identifier: M123.03.0051.0005.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Richard Krause, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Richard Krause

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Identifier: M123.03.0051.0005.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Richard Krause, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Richard Wentworth, 1956

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0010.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Richard Wentworth, a bass-baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1956

Rini Willson

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Identifier: M123.03.0066.0010.00001
Abstract

Informal portrait of Rini Willson, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera on the 1961 production ' An evening of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson,' outside his home.

Dates: 1930-1969

Rini Willson

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Identifier: M123.03.0066.0010.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Rini Willson, a performer who worked with the Central City Opera on the 1961 production ' An evening of Mirth and Music with Meredith and Rini Wilson.'

Dates: 1930-1969

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