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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:

Donald Adams in ''Iolanthe'', 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0001.00005
Abstract

Portrait of Donald Adams, a performer with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who performed works by Gilbert and Sullivan during the 1955 and 1968 seasons at Central City Opera, Adams played Dick Deadeye in "H.M.S. Pinafore" , the Earl of Mountararat in "Iolanthe", the Pirate King in "The Pirates of Penzance", and the Mikado in "The Mikado" , performs in costume as the Earl of Mountararat in the production of "Iolanthe."

Dates: 1955-1968

Donald Adams in 'The Mikado', 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0007.00005
Abstract

Photograph of Donald Adams as the Mikado in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company production of 'The Mikado' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1955-1968

Donald Adams in "The Mikado", 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0001.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Donald Adams, a performer with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who performed works by Gilbert and Sullivan during the 1955 and 1968 seasons at Central City Opera, Adams played Dick Deadeye in "H.M.S. Pinafore" , the Earl of Mountararat in "Iolanthe", the Pirate Kinf in "The Pirates of Penzance", and the Mikado in "The Mikado" , performs in costume as the Mikado in "The Mikado."

Dates: 1955-1968

Donald Adams in "The Pirates of Penzance", 1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0034.0001.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Donald Adams, a performer with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who performed works by Gilbert and Sullivan during the 1955 and 1968 seasons at Central City Opera, Adams played Dick Deadeye in "H.M.S. Pinafore" , the Earl of Mountararat in "Iolanthe", the Pirate King in "The Pirates of Penzance", and the Mikado in "The Mikado" , performs in costume as the Pirate King in the production of "The Pirates of Penzance"

Dates: 1968

Donald Oenslager, 1937-1967

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Donald Oenslager, a scenic designer who worked with the Central City Opera from 1937 (A Doll's House) through 1967 (A Masked Ball).

Dates: 1937-1967

Donald Oenslager

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0058.0009.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Donald Oenslager, a scenic designer who worked with the Central City Opera from 1937 (A Doll's House) through 1967 (A Masked Ball).

Dates: 1930-1969

Donald T. Carney

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0039.0005.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Donald T. Carney; affiliated with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Donna Zimmerman, 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0015.00001
Abstract

Informal portrait of Donna Zimmermann, a child actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1961 production 'the Miracle Worker' as Helen Keller, next to the billboard for the show.

Dates: 1961

Donna Zimmerman Looking at ''The Lady on the Bar Room Floor'', 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0015.00003
Abstract

Donna Zimmermann, a child actress who performed with the Central City Opera as Helen Keller in the 1961 production 'The Miracle Worker,' looks at the painted 'Lady on the Bar Room Floor.'

Dates: 1961

Donna Zimmerman Throwing Rocks in the Mountains, 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0066.0015.00002
Abstract

Donna Zimmermann, a child actress who performed with the Central City Opera as helen Keller in the 1961 production 'The Miracle Worker,', thows rocks off a cliff in the mountains.

Dates: 1961

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Administrative reports 3
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Theater critics 3
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Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
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