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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:

Fisher Morgan in Bookshop

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0002.00008
Abstract

Photograph of Fisher Morgan in a bookshop reading a book titled, 'Central City is Fun.'

Dates: 1955-1968

Fisher Morgan in 'The Mikado', 1955-1968

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0007.00006
Abstract

Photograph of Fisher Morgan as Pooh-Bah in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company production of 'The Mikado' at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado.

Dates: 1955-1968

Fisher Morgan in 'The Yeoman of the Guard', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0009.00007
Abstract

Photograph of Fisher Morgan as Wilfred Shadbolt in the 1955 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'The Yeoman of the Guard' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955

Fisher Morgan in 'The Yeoman of the Guard', 1955

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0075.0001.00013
Abstract

Photograph of Fisher Morgan as Wilfred Shadbolt in the 1955 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of 'The Yeoman of the Guard' at the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1955

Five Women in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00024
Abstract

Dolores Wilson and four unidentified women perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Five Women in the ''Ballad of Baby Doe'', between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00031
Abstract

Martha Lipton (seated, center) as Augusta Tabor and four unidentified women perform in the Central City Opera production of ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Florence Lamont Hinman

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0049.0007.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Florence Lamont Hinman, a conductor who worked with the Central City Opera.

Dates: 1930-1969

Florence Quartararo

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0015.00001
Abstract

Portrait of Florence Quartararo, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera in the lead of the 1946 performance of 'La traviata' as Violetta.

Dates: 1930-1969

Florence Quartararo

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0015.00002
Abstract

Portrait of Florence Quartararo, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Violetta in the 1946 production of 'La Traviata.'

Dates: 1930-1969

Florence Quartararo

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0059.0015.00003
Abstract

Portrait of Florence Quartararo, a soprano singer from the Metropolitan Opera who performed with the Central City Opera as Violetta in the 1946 production of 'La Traviata,' appears as Dorabella in the opera ''Cosi Fan Tutte.''

Dates: 1930-1969

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