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Operas, Operettas, Concerts and Selected Musicals Performed in Denver and Central City
1931 - 1950
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| Year |
Date |
Place |
Company |
Production |
Notes |
| 1931 |
Jan 21 |
Auditorium |
German Grand Opera Co |
The Flying Dutchman
(Wagner) |
Max von Schilling, conductor |
| Jan 22m |
Tiefland (d'Albert) |
Thursday matinee |
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| Jan 22 |
Tristan and Isolde
(Wagner) |
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| 1931 |
Mar 10 |
Auditorium |
Paul
Robeson, bass-baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1931 |
May 7- 9 |
Broadway |
Denver Music Week |
The Mikado (G &S) | Sat matinee May 9 |
| 1931 |
Oct 5 |
Auditorium |
John McCormack, tenor |
Concert |
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| 1931 |
Oct 16 |
Auditorium |
Mary Garden, soprano |
Concert |
Helen Teats series |
| 1931 |
Nov 10 |
Auditorium |
Roland Hayes, tenor |
Concert |
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| 1932 |
Feb 1 |
Auditorium |
Rosa Raisa, soprano, and
Giacomo Rimini, baritone |
Concert |
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| 1932 |
Mar 6 |
Trinity M. E. Church |
Lamont Opera Club |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni) and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) |
Concert version |
| 1932 |
Mar 15 |
Auditorium |
John Charles Thomas, baritone |
Concert |
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| 1932 |
May 5- 7 |
Broadway |
Denver Music Week |
Robin Hood (De Koven) |
Sat matinee May 7 |
| 1932 |
Aug 11- 18 |
Denver Theater |
Schwab and Mandel |
Desert Song (Romberg) |
"With Perry Askam and the
original cast of 65..." |
| 1932 |
Oct 25 |
Auditorium |
Lily Pons, soprano |
Concert |
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| 1932 |
Nov 1 |
Auditorium |
Giovanni Martinelli, tenor, Frederick Schauwecker, pianist | Concert |
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| 1932 |
Nov 15 |
Auditorium |
Kathryn
Meisle, contralto |
Concert |
Slack-Oberfelder series; first
appearance in Denver |
| 1933 |
May 1, 2 |
Auditorium |
Denver Grand Opera Co | Mignon (Thomas) |
First opera by this company
formed by Joseph Bosetti; "Cast of 150" under the
direction of Bosetti |
| 1933 |
Jun 14- 20 |
Denham Theater |
Fanchon & Marco |
The Desert Song
(Romberg) |
"With Perry Askam and cast of 65..." |
| 1933 |
Aug 5- 17 |
Central City |
University of Denver; Robert
Edmond Jones production |
The Merry Widow (Lehar) |
Natalie Hall, Gladys
Swarthout, Richard Bonelli, Ernest McChesney; Macklin Marrow
conducting |
| 1933 |
Oct 23 |
Auditorium |
Lawrence Tibbett, baritone |
Concert |
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| 1933 |
Oct 30 |
Auditorium |
Lucrezia Bori,
soprano |
Concert |
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| 1934 |
Jan 15 |
Auditorium |
Richard
Crooks, tenor |
Concert; assisted by Lamont
Singers |
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| 1934 |
Apr 23- 25, 29 |
Auditorium |
Denver Grand Opera Co |
Romeo and Juliet
(Gounod) |
Monsignor Joseph Bosetti's
company; an annual presentation of the
Knights of Columbus for the benefit of the Catholic Charities;
Jean Dickenson was Juliet |
| 1934 |
May 14 |
Auditorium |
San Carlo Opera Company |
Aida (Verdi) |
100 people in the company |
| May 15 |
Rigoletto (Verdi) |
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| May 16 |
Carmen (Bizet) |
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| May 17m |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni) and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) |
Thu matinee |
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| May 17 |
Lohengrin (Wagner) |
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| May 18 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| 1934 |
Jun 26- 28 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
An Evening of Verdi (Trovatore,
Rigoletto, Aida selections) |
Jean Dickenson was Gilda |
| 1934 |
Nov 25 |
Auditorium |
Grace Moore,
soprano |
Concert |
"Lovely star of Metropolitan
Opera Co, concert, screen and radio..."; Oberfelder impresario |
| 1935 |
Mar 12 |
Auditorium |
Lamont Opera Club |
Robin Hood (De Koven) |
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| 1935 |
Mar 25 |
Auditorium | Titto Schipa, tenor, assisted
by Renato Bellini, Italian pianist |
Concert |
Slack-Oberfelder series |
| 1935 |
Apr 11 |
Auditorium |
San Carlo Grand Opera Co |
Madam Butterfly
(Puccini) |
Hizi Koyke, Japanese prima
donna, starred |
| Apr 12 |
La Bohème
(Puccini) |
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| Apr 13m |
Faust (Gounod) |
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| Apr 13 |
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) | ||||
| 1935 |
Apr 29- May 1 |
Auditorium |
The Denver Grand Opera Co |
La Traviata (Verdi) |
Monsignor Bosetti, director;
Frank Valentine Dinhaupt (Francesco Valentino) and Jean Dickenson
starred |
| 1935 |
Jun 18- 20 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
Lucia di Lammermoor, Naughty
Marietta, Tannhäuser selections |
Jean Dickenson was Lucia |
| 1935 |
Oct 13 |
Auditorium |
Lawrence Tibbett, baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1935 |
Oct 30 |
Auditorium |
Kirsten Flagstad,
dramatic
soprano |
Concert |
Her accompanist was Denver
pianist, Edwin McArthur |
| 1935 |
Dec 9- 10 |
Auditorium |
The Denver Grand Opera Co |
La Sonnambula (Bellini) |
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| 1936 |
Jan 17 |
Auditorium |
Nelson Eddy, baritone |
Concert |
It was a sellout with extra
seats on stage |
| 1936 |
Feb 12- 14 |
Auditorium |
Lamont Opera Club |
The Vagabond King
(Friml) |
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| 1936 |
Apr 16 |
Auditorium |
Nino Martini, tenor |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1936 |
Apr 27- 29 |
Auditorium |
The Denver Grand Opera Co | Faust (Gounod) |
"Chorus of 150; magnificent settings"; Monsignor Bosetti, director |
| 1936 |
May 8 |
Auditorium |
Denver Music Week |
Elijah oratorio (Mendelssohn) | With Richard Bonelli, baritone |
| 1936 |
Jul 8- 10 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
The Vagabond King
(Friml) |
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| 1936 |
Jul 18- Aug 8 |
Central City |
Central City Opera |
The Gondoliers (G
& S) |
Frank St. Leger production;
played
every night except Sun
and Mon; matinees Sun, Thu, Sat |
| 1936 |
Oct 12 |
Auditorium |
Josephine Antoine, soprano |
Concert |
Only Coloradoan to that time
to obtain a contract with the Met Opera |
| 1936 |
Oct 21 |
Auditorium |
Charles Kullmann, tenor,
and Kathryn Meisle, contralto |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1936 |
Nov 10 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
James Melton, tenor, soloist |
|
| 1936 |
Dec 7 |
Auditorium |
Lotte Lehmann,
soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1937 |
Jan 28 |
Auditorium |
Nelson Eddy, baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1937 |
Feb 12 |
Central Christian Church |
Elisabeth
Schumann, soprano |
Concert |
Sponsored by Pro Musica; Anton
Landler, violin, and Frank John, cellist, accompanied |
| 1937 |
Mar 11 |
Woman's Club Auditorium |
Myrtle Leonard, contralto |
Concert |
Sponsored by The Denver College of Music; Esther Alice Browning at the piano |
| 1937 |
Apr 7 |
Auditorium |
San Carlo Opera Co |
Rigoletto (Verdi) |
Jean Dickenson, former Denver
resident was Gilda |
| Apr 8m |
L'Oracolo (Leoni) and Cavalleria
Rusticana (Leoncavallo) |
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| Apr 8 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| 1937 |
Apr 12- 14 |
Auditorium |
The Denver Grand Opera Co |
Lohengrin (Wagner) |
Sung in English on Monday and
Wednesday, in German on Tuesday; Monsignor Bosetti conducted |
| 1937 |
Jul 20- 24 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post. |
The Desert Song
(Romberg) |
|
| 1937 |
Oct 21 |
Auditorium |
Kirsten Flagstad, dramatic
soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series; Edwin McArthur, piano |
| 1937 |
Nov 23 |
Auditorium |
Gladys Swarthout, mezzo-soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1938 |
Jan 28 |
Auditorium |
Salzburg Opera Co |
Cosi fan tutte (Mozart) |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1938 |
Feb 14 |
Auditorium |
Nelson Eddy, baritone |
Concert |
|
| 1938 |
Feb 23, 24 |
West High School |
Lamont Opera Club |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni) |
Horace Lee Davis directed |
| 1938 |
Mar 9 |
Auditorium |
Marion Anderson,
contralto |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1938 |
Mar 28 |
Auditorium |
John Charles Thomas, baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1938 |
Apr 7 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Agnes Davis, soprano, soloist |
"Denver's own Metropolitan
Opera star" |
| 1938 |
May 2- 4 |
Auditorium |
The Denver Grand Opera Co |
La Gioconda (Ponchielle) |
Annie O'Neill sang the principal role; Monsignor Bosetti, director |
| 1938 |
May 7 |
Auditorium |
Nino Martini, tenor |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1938 |
Jul 20- 24 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
Rio Rita (various
composers) |
|
| 1938 |
Oct 3 |
Auditorium |
Elisabeth
Rethberg. soprano, and Ezio Pinza, basso |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1938 |
Oct 13 |
Auditorium |
Ina
Souez, dramatic soprano |
Concert |
Souez was born Ina Rains to a family of Cherokee descent in Windsor, CO |
| 1938 |
Nov 15 |
Auditorium |
Lily Pons, soprano |
Concert |
Accompanied by Frank La Forge,
composer, pianist |
| 1939 |
Jan 11 |
Auditorium |
Beniamino Gigli,
tenor |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1939 |
Mar 1 |
Auditorium |
San Carlo Opera Co |
Carmen (Bizet) |
Coe Glade was Carmen |
| Mar 2 |
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini) |
Hizi Koyke was Cio-Cio San |
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| 1939 |
Mar 6 |
Auditorium |
Lawrence Tibbett, baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1939 |
May 2- 4 |
Auditorium |
The Denver Grand Opera Co |
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Donizetti) |
Jean Dickenson, former Denver
resident
starred opening night; Joseph Bosetti directed |
| 1939 |
Jul 13- 30 |
Central City |
Central City Opera |
The Yeoman of the Guard
(G & S) |
|
| 1939 |
Jul 18-21 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
The Student Prince
(Romberg) |
|
| 1939 |
Oct 9 |
Auditorium |
Ezio Pinza, basso |
Concert |
With Jacques Fray and Mario
Braggiotti, piano duo |
| 1940 |
Feb 3 |
Auditorium |
Marion Anderson, contralto |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1940 |
Feb 21 |
Auditorium |
Nelson Eddy, baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1940 |
Apr 1 |
Auditorium |
Bidu Sayao,
soprano, and Gregor Piatigorsky, cellist |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1940 |
Apr 15 |
Auditorium |
Jeanette MacDonald,
soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1940 |
Apr 25 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Lily Pons, coloratura soprano.
soloist |
Andre Kostelanetz, guest
conductor |
| 1940 |
May 4 |
Auditorium |
Lauritz
Melchior,
Wagnerian tenor |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1940 |
May 6- 8 |
Auditorium |
The Denver Grand Opera Co |
Aida (Verdi) |
Joseph Bosetti directed |
| 1940 |
Jul 6- 27 |
Central City |
Central City Opera |
The Bartered Bride
(Smetana) |
Josephine Antoine starred |
| 1940 |
Jul 16- 19 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
Blossom Time (Romberg) |
|
| 1940 |
Oct 14 |
Auditorium | Richard Crooks, tenor |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1940 |
Oct 28 |
Auditorium | Alexander
Kipnis, bass-baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1940 |
Nov 15 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Jarmila Novotna,
soprano, soloist |
Horace E. Tuerman, conductor |
| 1940 |
Nov 25 |
Auditorium |
Dorothy
Maynor, soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1940 |
Dec 13 |
Auditorium |
Roland Hayes, tenor |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1941 |
Mar 3, 4 |
Broadway |
Denver Lions Club |
The Pirates of Penzance
(G & S) |
|
| 1941 |
Apr 2 |
Auditorium |
Helen Jepson,
soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1941 |
Apr 21- 23 |
Auditorium |
The Denver Grand Opera Co |
Carmen (Bizet) |
Joseph Bosetti directed |
| 1941 |
Jul 5- 26 | Central City |
Central City Opera | The Barber of Seville (Rossini) and Orpheus (Gluck) | Two operas this season, sung in English, presented on alternating evenings |
| 1941 |
Jul 15- 18 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
The Chocolate Soldier
(Herbert) |
|
| 1941 |
Oct 9 |
Auditorium |
Lawrence Tibbett, baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1941 |
Oct 20 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Alexander Kipnis, basso,
soloist |
|
| 1941 |
Nov 12 |
Auditorium |
Bidu Sayao, soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1941 |
Nov 22 |
Auditorium |
James Melton, tenor |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1942 |
Jan 17 |
Auditorium |
Nino Martini, tenor |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1942 |
Mar 17- 19 |
Broadway |
Schubert Brothers |
Blossom Time (Romberg) |
Music borrowed from Franz
Schubert |
| 1942 |
Apr 9 |
Auditorium |
Grace Moore,
soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1942 |
Apr 27- 29 |
Auditorium |
The Denver Grand Opera Co |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Mascagni) and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) |
Joseph Bosetti directed |
| 1942 |
Jul 14- 17 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
The Merry Widow (Lehar) |
|
| 1942 |
Oct 5 |
Auditorium |
Risë
Stevens, mezzo-soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1942 |
Oct 26 |
Auditorium |
Anna
Kaskas, contralto |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1942 |
Nov 2, 4 |
Auditorium |
Schubert Brothers | The Student Prince
(Romberg) |
Everett Marshall starred |
| Nov 3 |
Blossom Time (Romberg) |
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| 1943 |
Feb 19 |
Auditorium |
Salvatore Baccaloni,
basso-buffo, and his company of stars |
Concert; selections from Boris
Godounov, Don Pasqauale and Barber of Seville |
|
| 1943 |
Feb 26 |
Auditorium |
Richard Crooks, tenor |
Concert |
|
| 1943 |
Mar 1, 3m |
Auditorium |
The Boston Comic Opera Co |
The Mikado (G & S) |
Thu matinee |
| Mar 2 |
The Pirates of Penzance
(G & S) |
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| Mar 3 |
Trial by Jury (G &
S) |
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| 1943 |
Mar 4 |
Auditorium |
Sigmund Romberg and Orchestra |
Concert |
Featuring Marie Nash, Grace
Panvini, and Gene Marvey |
| 1943 |
Mar 5 |
Auditorium |
Marian Anderson, soprano |
Concert |
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| 1943 |
Mar 22 |
Auditorium |
Jan Peerce,
tenor |
Concert |
|
| 1943 |
May 13- 16 |
Auditorium |
The Denver Grand Opera Co |
Rigoletto (Verdi) |
Joseph Bosetti directed; "Dance of the Hours" was interpolated in the opera |
| 1943 |
Jun 16- 19 |
Auditorium |
Cheryl Crawford |
Porgy
and Bess (Gershwin and Heyward |
With Todd Duncan and Etta
Moten; Thu and Sat matinees |
| 1943 |
Jul 8 |
D U Stadium |
Grace Moore, soprano |
Concert |
A. M. Oberfelder's "concert
under the stars" series |
| 1943 |
Jul 13- 16 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
Countess Maritza
(Kalman) |
|
| 1943 |
Jul 21 |
DU Stadium |
Paul Robeson, bass-baritone |
Concert |
|
| 1943 |
Aug 3 |
DU Stadium |
James Melton, tenor |
Concert |
|
| 1943 |
Aug 14 |
DU Stadium |
Jeanette MacDonald, soprano |
Concert |
Stuart Ross, pianist |
| 1943 |
Aug 17 |
DU Stadium |
Bidu Sayao, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1943 |
Dec 9 |
Auditorium |
Bruna Castagna, contralto |
Concert |
|
| 1944 |
Jan 10 |
Auditorium |
Dorothy Maynor, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1944 |
Feb 15, 16 |
Auditorium |
Schubert Brothers |
Blossom Time (Schubert) | A. M. Oberfelder management |
| 1944 |
Mar 13 |
Auditorium |
Ezio Pinza, basso |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1944 |
Mar 30, 31 |
Auditorium |
Everett Marshall starred |
The Student Prince (Romberg) | A. M. Oberfelder management |
| 1944 |
Apr 20 |
Auditorium |
Vivian Della Chiesa, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1944 |
Apr 28 |
Auditorium |
Lily Pons, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1944 |
May 11- 14 |
Auditorium |
The Denver Grand Opera Co |
Mignon (Thomas) |
Joseph Bosetti directed |
| 1944 |
May 17 |
Auditorium |
Patrice Munsel, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1944 |
Jun 1 |
Auditorium |
Antonia Brico, conductor |
All-Wagner Opera Concert | Soloists Alexander Kipnis,
basso, and Emery Darcy, tenor |
| 1944 |
Jul 24 |
Broadway |
Ernst Bacon, conductor |
A Tree on the Plains
(Bacon) |
Folk lore opera; Western
premiere |
| 1944 |
Aug 5 |
Auditorium |
Ezio Pinza, basso |
Concert |
|
| 1944 |
Oct 23 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Concert |
Eleanor
Steber, soprano, soloist |
| 1944 |
Nov 3- 5 |
Tabor Grand |
Cheryl Crawford |
Porgy and Bess
(Gershwin and Heyward) |
Etta Moten, William Franklin,
Avon Long; Sat and Sun matinees |
| 1944 |
Nov 6 |
Auditorium |
Jan Peerce, tenor |
Concert |
|
| 1944 |
Dec 13- 16 |
Auditorium |
The Boston Opera Co |
The Merry Widow (Lehar) |
|
| 1945 |
Jan 5, 6 |
Auditorium |
The New York City Opera Co |
The Gypsy Baron
(Strauss) |
|
| 1945 |
Jan 22 |
Auditorium |
Marion Anderson, soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1945 |
Feb 2 |
Auditorium |
Leonard
Warren, baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1945 |
Feb 14, 15 |
Auditorium |
R. H. Burnside |
The Mikado (G & S) |
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| Feb 15m |
Trial by Jury; H.M.S.
Pinafore (G & S) |
Thu matinee |
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| Feb 16 |
The Pirates of Penzance
(G & S) |
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| 1945 |
Feb 24 |
Auditorium |
Richard Crooks, tenor, and
William Primrose, violist |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1945 |
Mar 7, 8 |
Auditorium |
The American Civic Light Opera
Co |
Naughty Marietta
(Herbert) |
Arthur M. Oberfelder impresario |
| 1945 |
Apr 23 |
Auditorium |
Helen Jepson, soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1945 |
May 14- 16 |
Auditorium |
Denver Grand Opera Co |
Tosca (Puccini) |
Giovanni Martinelli and Norina
Greco of the Met and Nicola Berardinelli of Chicago Opera starred |
| 1945 |
Oct 3 |
Auditorium | James Melton, tenor |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1945 |
Oct 10 |
Auditorium |
Josephine Antoine,
soprano |
Concert |
Gala homecoming concert for
"Colorado's own supreme prima donna" |
| 1945 |
Nov 8 |
Auditorium |
Helen
Traubel, soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1945 |
Nov 24 |
Auditorium |
Fox Denver Theaters Concert
Series |
Lauritz Melchior, tenor |
Harry Huffman, director |
| 1945 |
Nov 26- 28 |
Auditorium |
Arthur M. Oberfelder |
The Student Prince
(Romberg) |
|
| 1945 |
Dec 5, 6 |
Auditorium |
Arthur M. Oberfelder | The Only Girl (Herbert) |
|
| 1946 |
Jan 16, 17 |
Auditorium |
Schubert Brothers |
Blossom Time (Romberg) |
|
| 1946 |
Jan 24 |
Auditorium |
Dorothy Manor, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1946 |
Jan 29 |
Auditorium |
Metropolitan Opera Association |
Grand Opera Quartet: Frederick
Jagel, Marita Farell, Eleanor Knapp, Richard Bonelli |
Walter Hatchek, pianist |
| 1946 |
Feb 1 |
Auditorium |
Leonard
Warren, baritone |
Concert |
|
| 1946 |
Feb 20 |
Auditorium |
Fox Denver Theaters Concert Series | Marjorie Lawrence, soprano, and Norman Cordon, bass-baritone | Harry Huffman, director |
| 1946 |
Mar 6 |
Auditorium |
Fox Denver Theaters Concert Series | Lawrence Tibbett, baritone | |
| 1946 |
Mar 11 |
Auditorium |
San Carlo Grand Opera Co |
Aida (Verdi) |
|
| 1946 |
Mar 19 |
Denver Theater |
Comedia Dell'Arte Players |
Salvatore Baccaloni,
basso-buffo starred |
Opera scenes |
| 1946 |
May 11 |
Auditorium |
University of Colorado Opera
Assoc |
Robin Hood (De Koven) |
|
| 1946 |
May 13- 15 |
Auditorium |
Denver Grand Opera Co |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) | Francesco Valentino, Denver's
Metropolitan Opera baritone starred |
| 1946 |
Jul |
Central City |
Central City Opera |
La Traviata (Verdi) and
The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart) |
Francesco Valentino was
Germont in La Traviata |
| 1946 |
Jul 16- 19 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
Naughty Marietta
(Herbert) |
|
| 1946 |
Oct 21 |
Auditorium |
Risë Stevens,
mezzo-soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1946 |
Oct 29 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Eleanor Steber, soprano,
soloist |
Saul Caston, musical director
and conductor |
| 1946 |
Nov 13 |
Auditorium |
Igor Gorin, baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1946 |
Dec 12 |
Auditorium |
Billy Rose |
Carmen Jones
(Hammerstein) |
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| 1947 |
Jan 20 |
Auditorium |
Mona Paulee,
mezzo-soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1947 |
Feb 17 |
Auditorium |
Jussi Bjoerling, tenor |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1947 |
Apr 28- 30, May 1 | Auditorium | The Denver Grand Opera Co | La Bohème (Puccini) | |
| 1947 |
May 22 |
Tabor Theatre |
The University of Colorado
Opera Assoc |
The Bartered Bride
(Smetana) |
Directed by Warner Imig |
| 1947 |
Jun 4- 6 |
Auditorium |
New York Cast |
Bloomer Girl (Arlen
& Harburg) |
Dances by Agnes De Mille |
| 1947 |
Jul 4- 26 |
Central City |
Central City Opera |
Fidelio (Beethoven) and
Martha (Flotow) |
|
| 1947 |
Jul 15- 18 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
Arizona (music of
Johann Strauss) |
|
| 1947 |
Jul 25 |
Red Rocks |
Jennie Tourel,
mezzo-soprano |
Concert |
With the Denver Symphony
Orchestra |
| 1947 |
Aug 1 |
Red Rocks |
Regina Resnik, soprano |
Concert |
With the Denver Symphony Orchestra |
| 1947 |
Oct 13 |
Auditorium |
Patrice Munsel, soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1947 |
Oct 22 |
Auditorium |
Robert Merrill, baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1947 |
Oct 29 |
Auditorium |
Robert Weede, baritone |
Concert |
Presented by Fox Denver
Theatres |
| 1947 |
Nov 5 |
Auditorium |
Helen Traubel, soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1947 |
Nov 13 |
Auditorium |
Bidu Sayao, soprano |
Concert |
Presented by Fox Denver
Theatres |
| 1947 |
Dec 13 |
Auditorium |
Jan Peerce, tenor |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1948 |
Jan 8 |
Auditorium |
John Charles Thomas, baritone |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1948 |
Jan 12 |
Auditorium |
Dorothy Maynor, soprano |
Conce |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1948 |
Jan 31m |
Auditorium |
San Carlo Grand Opera Co |
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini) |
|
| Jan 31 |
Auditorium | La Traviata (Verdi) |
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| 1948 |
Feb 5 |
Auditorium |
Licia Albanese, soprano |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1948 |
Mar 1- 7 |
Auditorium |
The Theatre Guild |
Oklahoma (Rogers &
Hammerstein) |
|
| 1948 |
Apr 1 |
Auditorium |
Fox Denver Theaters |
Set Svanholm,
tenor, and Regina Resnik, soprano |
|
| 1948 |
Apr 7 |
Auditorium |
Norina Greco, soprano, and
Ramon Vinay, tenor |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1948 |
Apr 26 |
Auditorium |
Metropolitan Opera Assoc |
Aida (Verdi) |
|
| Apr 27m |
La Bohème
(Puccini) |
Jan Peerce was Rodolfo |
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| Apr 27 |
Carmen (Bizet) |
Risë Stevens was Carmen |
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| 1948 |
May 12, 14 |
Auditorium |
The Denver Grand Opera Co |
Hansel and Gretel
(Humperdinck) |
|
| May 13, 15 |
The Barber of Seville
(Rossini) |
Francesco Valentino was Figaro |
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| 1948 |
Jun 2- 24 |
Central City |
Central City Opera |
Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)
and Tales of Hoffman (Offenbach) |
|
| 1948 |
Jul 13- 16 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
Rose Marie (Friml) |
|
| 1948 |
Aug 13 |
Red Rocks |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Helen Traubel, soprano, soloist |
Saul Caston, conductor and
director |
| 1948 |
Sep 30 |
Auditorium |
Fox Denver Theaters |
Lauritz Melchior, tenor |
|
| 1948 |
Oct 11 |
Auditorium |
Ezio Pinza, basso |
Concert |
Oberfelder-Slack series |
| 1948 |
Oct 21- 24 |
Auditorium |
The Theatre Guild |
Carousel (Rogers &
Hammerstein) |
|
| 1948 |
Oct 27 |
Auditorium |
Ferruccio Tagliavini, tenor |
Concert |
|
| 1948 |
Nov 8 |
Auditorium |
Nelson Eddy, baritone |
Concert |
|
| 1948 |
Nov 9 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano,
soloist |
Saul Caston, conductor and director |
| 1949 |
Jan 3- 9 |
Auditorium |
The Theatre Guild |
Oklahoma (Rogers & Hammerstein) | |
| 1949 |
Jan 10 |
Auditorium |
Cloe
Elmo, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1949 |
Jan 13 |
Auditorium |
Fox Denver Theaters |
Lily Pons, soprano |
With Andre Kostelanetz conducting his orchestra |
| 1949 |
Jan 19- 22 |
Auditorium |
Arthur M. Oberfelder | Show Boat (Kern) |
|
| 1949 |
Jan 25 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Aida (Verdi) concert version |
Florence Lamont Hinman and
Lamont Singers |
| 1949 |
Feb 5 |
Auditorium |
Marian Anderson, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1949 |
Feb 9 |
Auditorium |
Leonard Warren, baritone |
Concert |
|
| 1949 |
Feb 15 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Dorothy
Kirsten, soprano,
soloist |
Saul Caston, conductor and director |
| 1949 |
Apr 26- 28 |
Auditorium | The Denver Grand Opera Co |
Faust (Gounod) |
Dorothy Kirsten was Marguerite |
| 1949 |
May 9 |
Auditorium |
Metropolitan Opera Assoc |
Otello (Verdi) |
Ramon, Vinay, Licia Albanese |
| May 10m |
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Donizetti) |
Jan Peerce, Patrice Munsel |
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| May 10 |
Mignon (Thomas) |
Risë Stevens, Giuseppe
DeStefano |
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| 1949 |
Jul 1- 23 |
Central City |
Central City Opera | Die Fledermaus (Strauss) |
|
| 1949 |
Jul 3 |
Red Rocks |
Arthur M. Oberfelder |
Jan Peerce, tenor |
Operatic and light opera arias |
| 1949 |
Jul 12- 16 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
The Red Mill (Herbert) |
Josephine Antoine starred |
| 1949 |
Jul 15 |
Red Rocks |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Agnes Davis, soprano |
Saul Caston, conductor and director |
| 1949 |
Aug 5 |
Red Rocks |
Denver Symphony Orchestra | Lauritz Melchior, tenor |
Saul Caston, conductor and director |
| 1949 |
Oct 10 |
Auditorium |
Jerome Hines,
basso, and Florence Quartararo, soprano |
Concert |
Arthur M. Oberfelder impresario |
| 1949 |
Oct 25 |
Auditorium | Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Helen Traubel, soprano, soloist |
Saul Caston, conductor |
| 1949 |
Nov 2 |
Auditorium |
Boston Grand Opera Co |
Carmen (Bizet) |
|
| Nov 3m |
Rigoletto (Leoncavallo) |
Thu matinee |
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| Nov 3 |
La Traviata (Verdi) |
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| 1949 |
Nov 7 |
Auditorium |
Ferruccio Tagliavini, tenor,
and Pia Tassinari, soprano |
Concert |
Arthur M. Oberfelder impresario |
| 1949 |
Nov 11 |
Auditorium |
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano |
Concert |
Edwin McArthur, pianist |
| 1949 |
Nov 17 |
Auditorium | Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano |
Concert |
Arthur M. Oberfelder impresario |
| 1950 |
Jan 17 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Samson and Delilah
(Saint-Saëns) |
Concert opera; Lamont Singers |
| 1950 |
Jan 23 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Anne Bollinger, soprano,
soloist |
Saul Caston, conductor |
| 1950 |
Feb 10 |
Auditorium |
San Carlo Opera |
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini) |
Hizi Koyke starred |
| Feb 11m |
La Bohème
(Puccini) |
Sat matinee |
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| Feb 11 |
Il Trovatore (Verdi) |
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| Feb 12m |
Aida (Verdi) |
Sun matinee |
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| 1950 |
Feb 20 |
Auditorium |
Jan Peerce, tenor |
Concert |
Arthur M. Oberfelder impresario |
| 1950 |
Mar 2 |
Auditorium |
Igor Gorin, baritone, and
Stella Roman, soprano |
Concert |
Arthur M. Oberfelder impresario |
| 1950 |
Mar 13 |
Auditorium | Risë Stevens,
mezzo-soprano |
Concert |
Arthur M. Oberfelder impresario |
| 1950 |
Mar 17 |
Phipps Auditorium |
Wagner Opera Co |
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Leoncavallo) and I Pagliacci (Mascagni) |
|
| 1950 |
Apr 3 |
Auditorium |
Gladys Swarthout, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1950 |
Apr 20 |
Auditorium |
James Melton, tenor |
Concert |
|
| 1950 |
Apr 24- 26 |
Auditorium |
The Denver Grand Opera Co |
L'Elisir d'Amore
(Donizetti) |
|
| 1950 |
May 11, 12 |
Phipps Auditorium |
Denver Businessmen's Orchestra |
The Marriage of Figaro
(Mozart) |
Concert version; Antonia
Brico, conductor |
| 1950 |
Jul |
Central City |
Central City Opera |
Madama Butterfly
(Puccini) and Don Pasquale (Donizetti) |
Francesco Valentino was
Sharpless in Madama Butterfly |
| 1950 |
Jul 7 |
Red Rocks |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Helen Traubel, soprano, and
Lauritz Melchior, tenor, soloists |
Saul Caston, conductor |
| 1950 |
Jul 11- 15 |
Cheesman Park |
Denver Post |
New Moon (Romberg) |
|
| 1950 |
Aug 11 |
Red Rocks |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Robert Merrill, baritone,
soloist |
Saul Caston, conductor |
| 1950 |
Sep 12- 16 |
Auditorium |
A. M. Oberfelder management |
South Pacific (Rogers
& Hammerstein) |
Wed and Sat matinees |
| 1950 |
Oct 16 |
Auditorium |
Patrice Munsel, soprano |
Concert |
|
| 1950 |
Oct 24 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Leonard Warren, baritone,
soloist |
|
| 1950 |
Nov 14- 18 |
Phipps Auditorium |
Loretto Heights |
Naughty Marietta
(Herbert) |
|
| 1950 |
Dec 19 |
Auditorium |
Denver Symphony Orchestra |
Dorothy Manor, soprano,
soloist |
|
| 1950 |
Dec 25- 27 |
Auditorium |
Theatre Guild National Co |
Oklahoma! (Rogers &
Hammerstein) |
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