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:
Six Men in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959
Walter Cassel (second from right) as Horace Tabor and five unidentified men perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''
Sketch of Central City, Colorado, 1866
Sketch of Central City, Colorado by T. R. Davis from Harper's Weekly in 1866.
Small Billboard Advertising for 1954 Festival, 1954
Small billboard hung on brick wall for 1954 Central City festival, billboard reads," The Central City Opera House Assn. presents Faust and Ariadne auf Naxos, June 26-July 24, 1954."
Small Billboard Advertising 'Tamara' at the Teller House, 1932-1958
Small billboard hung on wall advertising 'Tamara' at the Teller House Night Club (possibly 1938), billboard reads," The Teller House Night Club special New York attraction, the international favorite, Tamara, Thursday and Saturday evenings."
Social Gathering of D'Oyly Carte and Central City Affiliates, 1955-1968
Photograph of a group of D'Oyly Carte and Central City affiliates socializing at an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.
Social Gathering of D'Oyly Carte and Central City Affiliates, 1955-1968
Photograph of a group of D'Oyly Carte and Central City affiliates socializing near a pool in Central City, Colorado.
Somer Alberg
Portrait of Somer Alberg; actor affiliated with the Central City Opera.
Somer Alberg
Portrait of Somer Alberg; actor affiliated with the Central City Opera.
Somer Alberg
Portrait of Somer Alberg; actor affiliated with the Central City Opera.
Spiro Malas, 1961-1964
Portrait of Spiro Malas, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera from 1961-1964; 1961 as Dr. Dulcamara in 'The Elixir of Love,' in 1962 as Jake Wallace in 'The Girl From the Golden West' and Benoit in 'La Boheme,' the 1963 production of'Don Giovanni' as Leporello, as Rutledge Blunt in the 1964 production of 'The Lady from Colorado' and as Prince Yamadori in 'Madame Butterfly' during the same season.
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