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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:

Christine Palmer in 'The Mikado'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0019.00003
Abstract

Christine Palmer, a performer from the D'Oyly carte Opera Company who worked with the Central City Opera, appears in 'the Mikado.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Christine Palmer in 'The Pirates of Penzance'

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0019.00004
Abstract

Christine Palmer, a performer from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who worked with the Central City Opera, appears in 'The Pirates pf Penzance.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Christopher West, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0011.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on "The Lady from Colorado" and " Madame Butterfly."

Dates: 1966

Christopher West, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0011.00004
Abstract

Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on the productions "The Lady from Colorado" and "Madame Butterfly."

Dates: 1966

Christopher West at his Desk, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0011.00002
Abstract

Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on the productions "The Lady from Colorado" and "Madame Butterfly", works at his desk.

Dates: 1966

Christopher West at Work, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0065.0011.00003
Abstract

Christopher West, a stage director who worked with the Central City Opera during the 1964 season on the productions "The Lady from Colorado" and "Madame Butterfly" , sits on stage with a pile of stage directions.

Dates: 1966

Clair Kramer, 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0051.0004.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Clair Kramer, a singer who performed with the Central City Opera on the 1939 production of 'The Yeoman of the Guard.'

Dates: 1939

Clair Kramer, 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0051.0004.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Clair Kramer, a singer who performed with the Central City Opera on the 1939 production of 'The Yeoman of the Guard.'

Dates: 1939

Clair Kramer, 1939

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0051.0004.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Clair Kramer, a singer who performed with the Central City Opera on the 1939 production of 'The Yeoman of the Guard.'

Dates: 1939

Claramae Turner, 1947

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0063.0007.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Claramae Turner, a contralto singer who performed with the Central City Opera as Nancy in the 1947 opera ''Martha.''

Dates: 1947

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