Central City Opera House; Norman Thomas

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Side 1 contains a performance from the opening night of the tenth summer play festival of the Central City Opera House Association in Central City, Colorado on July 5, 1941. An Associated Press article from that date explains "For three weeks a cast recruited from New York's Metropolitan Opera Company, under the leadership of Robert Edmond Jones and Frank St. Leger, will present 'The Barber of Seville' and 'Orpheus and Eurydice' at the squat stone theater." This recording contains performances from Orpheus and Eurydice. Side 2 contains a speech by Norman Thomas of the Socialist Party of America.

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Central City Opera House Association (Central City, Colo.) 1941-07-05~.

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This audio recording is part of the collection entitled: The Glass Broadcast Transcription and was provided by the UNT Music Library to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 118 times. More information about this recording can be viewed below.

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Side 1 contains a performance from the opening night of the tenth summer play festival of the Central City Opera House Association in Central City, Colorado on July 5, 1941. An Associated Press article from that date explains "For three weeks a cast recruited from New York's Metropolitan Opera Company, under the leadership of Robert Edmond Jones and Frank St. Leger, will present 'The Barber of Seville' and 'Orpheus and Eurydice' at the squat stone theater." This recording contains performances from Orpheus and Eurydice. Side 2 contains a speech by Norman Thomas of the Socialist Party of America.

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The Glass Broadcast Transcription

Selection of recordings drawn from a larger tangible collection of glass-base, 16-inch broadcast transcriptions held by the UNT Music Library. These examples from the 1940s include speeches from Franklin Delano Roosevelt and other politicians, news reports, and musical programs.

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  • 1941-07-05~

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  • Aug. 12, 2019, 4:48 p.m.

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  • Aug. 15, 2019, 8:35 a.m.

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Central City Opera House Association (Central City, Colo.). Central City Opera House; Norman Thomas, audio recording, 1941-07-05~; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1531954/: accessed October 6, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.

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