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:
Chester Ludgin in ''Makropulos Case'', 1966
Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera, appears in the opera ''Makropulos Case'' with the San Francisco Opera Company.
Chester Ludgin in ''Rigoletto'', 1963
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 ''Rigoletto'' with the San Francisco Opera Company.
Chester Ludgin in 'The Ballad of Baby Doe', 1966
Chester Ludgin, a baritone singer from the New York City Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in many performances from 1959-1966, appears as Horace Tabor in the 1966 production of 'The Ballad of Baby Doe.'
Chester Ludgin Relaxing, 1959-1966
Photograph of Chester Ludgin sitting in a chair in an unknown location in Central City, Colorado.
Chester Watson, 1952
Portrait of Chester Watson, a bass-baritone singer who performed with the Central City Opera.
Choral Adaptation of Words to Schubert's Unfinished Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished), 1944
Christine Palmer, 1968
Portrait of Christine Palmer, a performer with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Comapny who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1968 season in five production; 'H.M.S. Pinafore' as Mrs. Cripps, ' The Mikado' as Katisha, 'The Yeoman of the Guard' as Dame Carruthers, ' The Pirates of Penzance' as Ruth and 'Iolanthe' as the Queen of Fairies.
Christine Palmer and Donald Adams in 'H.M.S. Pinafore', 1968
Photograph of Christine palmer (center) as Little Buttercup and Donald Adams (front with bended knees) in a scene from the 1968 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company production of 'H.M.S. Pinafore' at the central City Opera House in central City, Colorado.
Christine Palmer in an Unidentified Production
Christine Palmer, a performer from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who worked with the Central City Opera, appears in an unidentified production.
Christine Palmer in 'The Mikado'
Christine Palmer, a performer from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who worked with the Central City Opera, appears in 'The Mikado.'
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