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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:

Three Performers with the Production ''Ariadne'', 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00024
Abstract

Mimi Benzell, Wilma Spence and Eva Likova, who all performed as Ariadne in the 1954 Central City Opera productions of ''Ariadne auf Naxos."

Dates: 1954

Three Unidentified Affiliates from the KMYR Broadcast of Voice of America - 1954, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0086.0006.00006
Abstract

Black and white film negative (and an 8 x 10 photograph) of unknown roadio personality standing on the opera house stage with two unidentified CCOH affiliates who appear to be listening to something offstage in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1954

Three Unidentified Affiliates from the KMYR Broadcast of Voice of America - 1954, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0086.0006.00007
Abstract

Black and white photograph of unknown roadio personality standing on the opera house stage with two unidentified CCOH affiliates who appear to be listening to something offstage in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1954

Three Unidentified Affiliates in Garden

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00004
Abstract

Black and white photograph of three unidentified affiliates in an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1930-1969

Three Unidentified Affiliates in Unknown Location

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00015
Abstract

Black and white photograph of three unidentified affiliates standing in an unknown location.

Dates: 1930-1969

Three Unidentified Affiliates Standing Backstage, 1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0084.0001.00023
Abstract

Black and white photograph of three unidentified affiliates socializing backstage during the 1967 Central City Opera Festival season.

Dates: 1967

Three Unidentified Affilites of the KMYR Broadcast of Voice of America - 1954, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0086.0006.00002
Abstract

Black and white film negative of unknown roadio personality shaking hands with an unidentified CCOH affiliate and an unidentified CCOH usher from the 1954 festival season while standing on the opera house stage that is set for the production Faust (June 26th-July 2nd) in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1954

Three Unidentified Affilites of the KMYR Broadcast of Voice of America - 1954, 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0086.0006.00003
Abstract

Black and white film negative of unknown roadio personality posing with an unidentified CCOH affiliate and an unidentified CCOH usher from the 1954 festival season while standing on the opera house stage that is set for the production Faust (June 26th-July 2nd) in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1954

Three Unidentified Female Affiliates, 1945 July 28

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0082.0003.00018
Abstract

Black and white photograph of three unidentified female afilliates seated on a bench in front of a mirror at a social gathering for the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1945 July 28

Three Unidentified Performers on the Stairs in the ''Barber of Seville'', between 1941-1965

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0002.00027
Abstract

Three unidentified performers on the stairs in the 1965 Central City Opera production of ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: between 1941-1965

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Type
Archival Object 2690
Collection 4
 
Subject
Central City (Colo.) 2629
Colorado 2548
Opera 2539
Photographs 2400
Singers 1068
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Actors 881
Theater 760
Performing arts 92
Music 85
Denver (Colo.) 65
Built environment 64
College buildings 64
College campuses 64
Theatrical producers and directors 58
Musical theater producers and directors 42
Publicity photographs 39
Promotional materials 36
Opera festivals 30
Publications 29
Photographic prints 28
Fashion 26
Snapshots 24
Reports 22
Programs 21
Theaters 19
Blank forms 17
Musicians 17
Photographic postcards 13
Ballet 12
Ballet dancers 12
Clothing and dress 10
Composers 10
Art 7
Dramatists 7
Painting 7
Radio programs 7
Fund raising 6
Dancers 5
Flower Girls 5
Corporate minutes 4
Dance teachers 4
Notes (Documents) 4
Administrative reports 3
Authors 3
Manuals series 3
Operas 3
Politicians 3
Sculpture, American 3
Special events 3
Theater critics 3
Choreographers 2
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
Costume 2
Drawings 2
Film reels 2
Gold panning 2
Lawyers 2
Librettists 2
Newspapers 2
Nonprofit organizations 2
Notebooks 2
Periodicals 2
Scores 2
Square dancing 2
Stage managers 2
Annual reports 1
Artists 1
Audio-visual materials 1
Black-and-white photography 1
Boards of directors 1
Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.) 1
Committees 1
Compilation films 1
Cooking 1
Dance 1
Denver (Colo.) -- Buildings 1
Denver Metropolitan Area (Colo.) 1
Evergreen (Colo.) 1
Fencers 1
Fencing 1
Financial records 1
Gambling 1
Gold mines and mining 1
Hotel and Restaurant Management 1
Houses 1
Memorabilia 1
Parties 1
Politicians -- Colorado 1
Posters 1
Public relations 1
Publicity 1
Registers (Lists) 1
Scenography 1
Slides (Photography) 1
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