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:
Charles W. Post, 1952
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.
Charlie H. Johnson for Colorado Reflections
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.
Chester Ludgin, 1959-1966
Chester Ludgin, 1959-1966
Chester Ludgin, 1959-1966
Chester Ludgin, 1959-1966
Chester Ludgin, 1959-1966
Chester Ludgin as Horace Tabor in Central City Opera's Ballad of Baby Doe, between 1956-1959
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.
Chester Ludgin in ''Boris Godunov''
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.
Chester Ludgin in ''Fancialla del West''
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.
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