Annual addresses of the president pamphlets 1946-1948. 1946-1948.

Ricketson, Frank H. (Frank Henry)

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Historical note Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress, set to the libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, was inspired by William Hogarth's series of paintings. Stravinsky had wanted to write an English-language opera since arriving in the United States in 1939, and was inspired to do so by seeing the paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago on May 2, 1947. The opera premiered in Venice on September 11, 1951. From the guide...

Central City Opera House Association (Central City, Colo.)

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Non-profit organization founded in 1931 to manage and preserve the Central City Opera House located in Central City, Colo. and to direct annual summer opera festivals. Heirs of Peter McFarlane, who owned the Opera House prior to 1931, donated the building to the University of Denver in 1931. The Association held the Central City Play Festival from 1932-1942 and from 1946-1970. Performances included the premieres of The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956) and Lady from Colorado (1964). The Opera House, Tel...

Central City Opera House.

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