Metropolitan Opera Star Beverly Sills, 1960

Item

Identifier: M123.03.0194.0056.00009

Staff Only

Abstract

Black and white photograph of CCOHA soprano, Beverly Sills, posing in front of the Williams Stables located across the street from the CCOHA in Centratl City, Colorado.

Dates

1960

Extent

1 Photographic Prints (Photographic print mounted on thick card stock. ) : Black and white photograph. Attached to back of image and typed in black ink - note about Beverly Sills and the CCOHA ' Metropolitan Opera Star Beverly Sills, who appeared in Giuseppe Verdi's 'Aida' in 1960. In the lower right corned of the photo can be seen the name 'Williams.' This building is part of the livery stable area purchased in 1878 by the Gilpin County Opera Association, which became the site for the Central City Opera House. Miss Sills return to Central City was a particularly significant event, since she herself was a singer in the young talent apprentice program of the Central City Opera Association before she became on of the world's foremost operatic sopranos.' ; photograph, 8 in x 10 in , mount 10 in x 11 in

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series contains photographs and other graphic materials pertaining to the Central City Opera House and the Central City Opera festivals from the 1932 - 2013 festival seasons.