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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:

Eva Likova Studying Script for the Production ''Ariadne'', 1954

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0068.0008.00018
Abstract

Eva Likova studyingthe script for the 1954 Central City Opera production of ''Ariadne.''

Dates: 1954

Faber B. DeChaine, 1961

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0043.0009.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Faber B. DeChaine, a stage manager who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1961

Faber B. DeChaine, 1961

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Identifier: M123.03.0043.0009.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Faber B. DeChaine, a stage manager who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1961

'Face on the Bar Room Floor'

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0003
Abstract

This folder contains photographs of the face painted on the Teller House bar room floor. Painting was completed by artists Herndon Davis in 1936. The painting is of Herndon's wife Edna Juanita (Cotter) Davis although it was advertised to be based on the poem by Hugh Antoine D'Arcy by the same name (The face on the Bar Room Floor).

Dates: 1950-1969

Falk, Robert, 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0013.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Robert Falk, a bass-bartone singer from the Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company who performed with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1966

Falk, Robert in ''The Barber of Seville'', 1966

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0013.00002
Abstract

Robert Falk, a bass-bartone singer from the Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company who performed with the Central City Opera, appears as Dr. Bartolo in the opera ''The Barber of Seville.''

Dates: 1966

Fashion Show

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0011
Abstract

This folder contains photographs and two notebooks from the Central City fashion show.

Dates: 1950-1969

Fashion Show - Lerner Shops

 File
Identifier: M123.03.0076.0012
Abstract

This folder contains photographs from the Lerner Shops at the Central City Fashion show.

Dates: 1950-1969

Faye Emerson, 1948

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0044.0003.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Faye Emerson, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1948 production of 'The Play's the Thing.'

Dates: 1948

Faye Emerson, 1948

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Identifier: M123.03.0044.0003.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Faye Emerson, an actress who performed with the Central City Opera in the 1948 production of 'The Play's the Thing', talks to a baby in a stroller.

Dates: 1948

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Archival Object 2690
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Central City (Colo.) 2629
Colorado 2548
Opera 2539
Photographs 2400
Singers 1068
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Actors 881
Theater 760
Performing arts 92
Music 85
Denver (Colo.) 65
Built environment 64
College buildings 64
College campuses 64
Theatrical producers and directors 58
Musical theater producers and directors 42
Publicity photographs 39
Promotional materials 36
Opera festivals 30
Publications 29
Photographic prints 28
Fashion 26
Snapshots 24
Reports 22
Programs 21
Theaters 19
Blank forms 17
Musicians 17
Photographic postcards 13
Ballet 12
Ballet dancers 12
Clothing and dress 10
Composers 10
Art 7
Dramatists 7
Painting 7
Radio programs 7
Fund raising 6
Dancers 5
Flower Girls 5
Corporate minutes 4
Dance teachers 4
Notes (Documents) 4
Administrative reports 3
Authors 3
Manuals series 3
Operas 3
Politicians 3
Sculpture, American 3
Special events 3
Theater critics 3
Choreographers 2
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
Costume 2
Drawings 2
Film reels 2
Gold panning 2
Lawyers 2
Librettists 2
Newspapers 2
Nonprofit organizations 2
Notebooks 2
Periodicals 2
Scores 2
Square dancing 2
Stage managers 2
Annual reports 1
Artists 1
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Black-and-white photography 1
Boards of directors 1
Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.) 1
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Compilation films 1
Cooking 1
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Denver (Colo.) -- Buildings 1
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Financial records 1
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Gold mines and mining 1
Hotel and Restaurant Management 1
Houses 1
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