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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:

Charles W. Post, 1952

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Charles W. Post, a tenor singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Parpignol in 'La Boheme' and as Don cruzio in 'The Marriage of Figaro' during the 1957 season.

Dates: 1952

Charlie H. Johnson for Colorado Reflections

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Identifier: couda-johnson
Abstract

Charlie H. Johnson, historian and author, describes the history of the Central City Opera House. Built in 1878, the Central City Opera House was funded by the community and provided a place for entertainment for miners, pioneers, homesteading families, businessmen, and citizens of Central City. Johnson relays the history of the building and the key people involved with the origination, restoration, and preservation of the opera house.

Dates: Date Not Yet Determined

Chester Ludgin, 1959-1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00005
Abstract Portrait of Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in many productions from 1959-1966; 1959 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' as a Saloon Bartender, also in 1959 as Franke in 'Die Fledermaus,' in 1960 as Amonasro in 'Aida,' and as Lord Henry Ashton in 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' in 1961 as Geroges germony in 'La Traviata,' in 1962 as Jack Rance in 'The Girl from the Golden west,' and as Marcello in 'La Boheme,' in 1963 as...
Dates: 1959-1966

Chester Ludgin, 1959-1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00006
Abstract Portrait of Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in many productions from 1959-1966; 1959 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' as a Saloon Bartender, also in 1959 as Franke in 'Die Fledermaus,' in 1960 as Amonasro in 'Aida,' and as Lord Henry Ashton in 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' in 1961 as Geroges germony in 'La Traviata,' in 1962 as Jack Rance in 'The Girl from the Golden west,' and as Marcello in 'La Boheme,' in 1963 as...
Dates: 1959-1966

Chester Ludgin, 1959-1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00007
Abstract Portrait of Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in many productions from 1959-1966; 1959 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' as a Saloon Bartender, also in 1959 as Franke in 'Die Fledermaus,' in 1960 as Amonasro in 'Aida,' and as Lord Henry Ashton in 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' in 1961 as Geroges germony in 'La Traviata,' in 1962 as Jack Rance in 'The Girl from the Golden west,' and as Marcello in 'La Boheme,' in 1963 as...
Dates: 1959-1966

Chester Ludgin, 1959-1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00008
Abstract Portrait of Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in many productions from 1959-1966; 1959 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' as a Saloon Bartender, also in 1959 as Franke in 'Die Fledermaus,' in 1960 as Amonasro in 'Aida,' and as Lord Henry Ashton in 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' in 1961 as Geroges germony in 'La Traviata,' in 1962 as Jack Rance in 'The Girl from the Golden west,' and as Marcello in 'La Boheme,' in 1963 as...
Dates: 1959-1966

Chester Ludgin, 1959-1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00009
Abstract Film negative of Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in many productions from 1959-1966; 1959 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe' as a Saloon Bartender, also in 1959 as Franke in 'Die Fledermaus,' in 1960 as Amonasro in 'Aida,' and as Lord Henry Ashton in 'Lucia di Lammermoor,' in 1961 as Geroges germony in 'La Traviata,' in 1962 as Jack Rance in 'The Girl from the Golden west,' and as Marcello in 'La Boheme,' in 1963 as...
Dates: 1959-1966

Chester Ludgin as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00016
Abstract

Chester Ludgin poses for a publicity photograph. Ludgin appeared as Horace Tabor in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe," performed in the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: between 1956-1959

Chester Ludgin in ''Boris Godunov''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00003
Abstract

Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in the title role of the opera ''Boris Godunov'' with the San Francisco Opera Company.

Dates: 1966

Chester Ludgin in ''Fancialla del West''

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0053.0009.00002
Abstract

Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in the opera ''Fancialla del West'' with the San Francisco Opera Company.

Dates: 1966

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