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Synopsis On today's date in 1956, one of the most successful of all American operas had its first performance at the Center Opera House in Colorado. “The Ballad of Baby Doe” was created by composer Douglas Moore and librettist John Latouche, and was based on a real-life tale of love and loss that had played out in that state. Elizabeth McCourt Tabor, better known as “Baby Doe,” became the second wife of the Colorado prospector, businessman, and politician Horace Tabor in 1883. Tabor's messy divorce and remarriage to the young and beautiful Baby Doe was a major scandal at the time. Tabor was immensely wealthy, and had built an Opera House that bears his name and still stands in Leadville, Colorado, where he met Baby Doe. In 1899, Tabor had lost his entire fortune, and after his death, Baby Doe lived on in a poor miner's shack near Leadville, where she was found frozen to death in 1935. And it was on a cold winter's day – a year before the premiere of their new opera – that Moore and Latouche paid a visit to Tabor's Opera House in Leadville, and stood on its stage for inspiration. A witness of their visit recalled: “I was intensely aware of a great and eerie silence that suddenly came over the building. If ever there were ghosts of the past in the Tabor Opera House I could believe that they were there at that moment!” Music Played in Today's Program Douglas Moore (1893-1969) – The Ballad of Baby Doe (Jan Grissom, sop; Central City Opera Orchestra; John Moriarty, cond.) Newport Classics 85593

Cass loves singing and connecting with people, and she believes that experiencing the power of the human voice can initiate emotional catharsis, joy, transformation, inspiration, and even healing. she was fortunate to grow up in a small community where the traditions of storytelling and music-making run deep. As a child, Cass would go to ceilidhs – parties – and the live music would prompt everyone in the room to jump up and step dance or square dance, joining in the fun. Cass has kept this love of music with her as she studied classical singing and embarked on her own professional performing career. She considers herself lucky to have been influenced by this kind of musical spontaneity and interactive enjoyment from a young age. Her performing philosophy is based on these early life experiences, emphasizing personal interaction and connection, joy, and healing through sharing beautiful vocal music. Torlef Borsting's powerful baritone fuses with sensitivity, compassion, and lyricism to lend a musical and dramatic depth to characters such as Scarpia in Tosca, Germont in La Traviata, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, and Jack Rance in La Fanciulla del West. His is a voice ideal for the commanding presence of Verdi, the emotional swell of Puccini, the flexibility and movement of Donizetti, and the nuance of Mozart. Other leading roles in his repertoire include Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Prince Yeletsky in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades, Dr. Bartolo in Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Leporello in Don Giovanni and Horace Tabor in The Ballad of Baby Doe, where his vocal prowess was lauded by East Bay Times as having “appropriate gusto…[moving] convincingly from rowdy full-voice banter at the saloon with his pals to sotto voce crooning to Baby Doe.” A native of Hawaii, Torlef has spent most of his time on the West Coast, performing leading and supporting roles with companies including San Francisco Opera, Opera Parallèlle, West Bay Opera, Sacramento Opera, Opera San Jose, Livermore Valley Opera, Opera San Luis Obispo, Berkeley Opera,and others. In concert, he has performed as a soloist with Pacific Chamber Symphony, Mendocino Music Festival, Oakland Symphony Chorus, Symphony Parnassus, Cantare con Vivo, and Oakland Civic Orchestra. In 2018, Torlef made a move across the country with his family to Florida, where he now resides. He has since made company debuts with Opera Orlando, Indianapolis Opera, New York City Opera, and looks forward to his first dive into Wagner's Ring Cycle in the summer of 2022 with Tundi Productions in Brattleboro, VT. Torlef's foray into classical singing happened almost by chance; a series of events and an assignment to watch Le nozze di Figaro saw him shift from being a low brass performer at the end of his undergraduate degree studies to being fully-committed toward becoming an opera singer.

In this episode Jennie and Dianne are joined by special guest Laurilea McDaniel to discuss three exceptional women who helped tame the wild west. All three were married to men whose names are well-known to history: Davy Crockett, Kit Carson and Horace Tabor; but we only hear the names of their wives in passing... until now.  As Dolly Parton once said, “Storms make trees take deeper roots.”  Elizabeth Patton Crockett, Maria Josefa Jaramillo Carson, and Augusta Peirce Tabor all led Ordinary Extraordinary lives that allowed their roots to grow deep with love, strength and sheer determination.To hear the full details regarding the Tabor Love triangle please listen to The Rebel at Large Adventure podcast here: https://rebelatlargetheadventurepodcast.buzzsprout.com/1187327/8131760-mile-marker-18-the-tabor-love-affairResources used to research this episode include: Land Office, Texas General. "Honoring a Widow of the Alamo — Elizabeth Crockett's Land Legacy ." https://medium.com/. 14 Mar. 2019. medium.com/save-texas-history/honoring-a-widow-of-the-alamo-elizabeth-crocketts-land-legacy-d364da8f8f0b. Accessed 26 Mar. 2022.Cox, Mike. "Davy's Widow Elizabeth Patton Crockett ." http://www.texasescapes.com/. 8 Mar. 2005. www.texasescapes.com/MikeCoxTexasTales/228-Davy-Crocketts-Widow-Elizabeth-Patton-Crockett.htm. Accessed 26 Mar. 2022.User, Private. https://www.geni.com/. 19 Mar. 2020. www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Crockett/6000000008630574561. Accessed 26 Mar. 2022.Editors, History.Com. "Davy Crockett ." https://www.history.com/. 13 Dec. 2019. www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/davy-crockett. Accessed 26 Mar. 2022.Hendricks, Kenneth. "ELIZABETH PATTON CROCKETT ." http://bshc-granbury.org/. bshc-granbury.org/wp/the-stories/elizabeth-patton-crockett. Accessed 26 Mar. 2022.Stanley, Mallory. "Burial Site of Elizabeth Crockett ." https://theclio.com/. edited by Clio Admin, 3 Jan. 2021. theclio.com/entry/27334. Accessed 26 Mar. 2022.Whitaker, Bruce. "Crockett, David and Elizabeth (Patton) ." https://www.obcgs.com/. www.obcgs.com/crockett-david-and-elizabeth-patton/. Accessed 26 Mar. 2022.Barritt, William. "Maria Josefa “Chipeta” Jaramillo Carson ." https://www.findagrave.com/. www.findagrave.com/memorial/6609492/maria-josefa-carson/photo. Accessed 26 Mar. 2022.Enss, Chris. "Wild Women Of The West: Maria Josefa Jaramillo Love and the Explorer ." https://cowgirlmagazine.com/. 21 Jan. 2020. cowgirlmagazine.com/wild-women-of-the-west-maria-josefa-jaramillo/. Accessed 26 Mar. 2022.Kanzeg, Dave . "Augusta Pierce Tabor ." https://www.babydoe.org/. www.babydoe.org/augusta.htm. Accessed 26 Mar. 2022.Weiser, Kathy. "The Tabor Triangle – Rags, Riches & Scandal ." https://www.legendsofamerica.com/. 1 July 2020. www.legendsofamerica.com/co-tabor/. Accessed 26 Mar. 2022.Colorado, History. "Augusta Tabor: Entrepreneur ." https://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/. www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/digital-colorado/colorado-histories/boom-years/augusta-tabor-entrepreneur/. Accessed 26 Mar. 2022.Schultz, Barbara. Josefa: The Lifetime of Maria Josefa Jaramillo Carson, 1828-1868 . 2017. Taos, ‎Dispensational Publishing House, Inc. , 2017.Simmons, Marc. Kit Carson and His Three Wives: A Family History  . 2003. Albuquerque, ‎University of New Mexico Press; 1st Edition, 2003.Faulkner, Debra B. Ladies of the Brown A Women's History of Denver's Most Elegant Hotel. 2010. Charleston, The History Press, 2011, pp. 22-25. It Happened in Colorado Remarkable Events That Shaped History. 2008. Helena, Rowman & Littlefield, 2017, pp. 116-119.

What lies deep in the mountains. Beyond the tree line and up to where the oxygen is thin. What stories and bits of the past have frozen to the rocks and have been forgotten, or turned to legends and reduced to stories we tell children around the campfires to scare them into eating their vegetables? What are they? What stories have we forgotten? Colorado is built on tall tales and legends, stories that have been twisted from the truth, but what really happened in those mines and on the trails to mountainside ghost towns? What was Colorado like before the modern world of campers and jeeps, computers, and technology took over? What if we were able to go back in time and see what it was like in the heydays of Colorado? Maybe we would be faced with the glitz and glam, or maybe tragedy. Or maybe we too would be reduced to a legend like the town of Buckskin Joe. Regardless of where we would end up, there is no denying that in the 19th century Colorado was in its prime, a wealthy and popping state with a flood of people trying to get rich, to get away from illness, and to escape to the mountains. The Colorado Silver days were anything but that of legends, they were a time to never forget. Follow Us on Instagram- @OddballersPodcast Research- https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/elizabeth-%E2%80%9Cbaby-doe%E2%80%9D-tabor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Doe_Tabor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Silverheels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Silver_Boom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Tabor#:~:text=Horace%20Austin%20Warner%20(%22Haw%22,Hollywood%20biographical%20movie%20Silver%20Dollar. Trails, Tails, and Tommyknockers Stories from Colorado's Past by Myriam Friggens A Quick History of Leadville By Christan J. Buys Music Credit-- OddBallers Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

Description: Based on the true-life story of Horace Tabor, who became fabulously wealthy from the silver mines of Colorado. Original Air Date: April 03, 1939 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Western Stories Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)   Stars: • Edward Arnold (Yates Martin) • Anita Louise (Lilly) • Marjorie Rambeau (Sarah Martin) Special Guests: • […]

Description: Based on the true-life story of Horace Tabor, who became fabulously wealthy from the silver mines of Colorado. Original Air Date: April 03, 1939 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Western Stories Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)   Stars: • Edward Arnold (Yates Martin) • Anita Louise (Lilly) • Marjorie Rambeau (Sarah Martin) Special Guests: • […]

Phebe Berkowitz-Tanners grew up in the Central City Opera House. Her family made a second home in our magical, old western town during the summers of 1953-1963 when her father, Metropolitan Opera violist David Berkowitz, played the Festival season with the Central City Opera Orchestra. Now a dedicated supporter of the company, Phebe reminisces with CCO Director of Development Katie Nicholson about mounting backyard opera productions with other children of the Festival company (attended by famous singers and actors of the main stage!), experiencing the world premiere of The Ballad of Baby Doe from behind the scenes and the expansive and international Central City Opera community that she found throughout her career as an opera stage director and production professional. Guest host Katherine (Katie) Nicholson was recently featured on the Central City Opera blog, take a read get to know her better! Those of you watching the video version of this interview will notice the poster for Central City Opera’s Voice Your Dreams Endowment Campaign behind Katie. If you want to learn more and/or contribute to the Campaign to help our company endure long into the future, contact Katie at knicholson@centralcityopera.org or 303-331-7015! Special thanks to Central City Opera Office Administrator Wanda M. Larson who’s helped us keep in close contact with our guest, Phebe, throughout the years and continues to show her passion for unforgettable Central City Opera experiences and community. You’ll probably recognize her if you’ve been up to the summer Festival, she’s the Gift Shop Admin/Buyer, too! Historical preservation is a pillar of Central City Opera’s mission. Learn about the dozens of historic properties we own and maintain. Explore more Central City history, and even schedule a tour at www.gilpinhistory.org. “The famous ghost town” of Nevadaville is just up the street from Central City. Learn more about it at www.uncovercolorado.com. Like many patrons and visitors, Phebe mentions paranormal experiences in and around our properties. Have you encountered something ghostly in Central City? Phebe talks about many exciting moments and incredible figures from Central City Opera, including: Phebe spent her first summer at Central City Opera in 1953, the production was Bizet’s Carmen. She was 7 and her sister was 9. They fell in love with the music, sitting in on every rehearsal, and they began the tradition of performing their own versions of the season’s operas in their backyard with the other children of the Festival company. They’d string up a sheet to make a stage curtain, and star actors and singers would even come to see their shows! According to Phebe, these “parodies” and performances went on to inspire the tradition of our famous singing ushers. You’ll hear the famous Risë Stevens recording of Carmen that Phebe and her sister loved so much as background music during this podcast. Wonderful performers Phebe recalls knowing as a child—some of whom attended her backyard productions—were Julie Harris, Tammy Grimes, Shirley Booth, Arlene Saunders. One of Phebe’s favorite memories of Central City Opera was the world premiere of The Ballad of Baby Doe in 1956. She was 10 years old at the time, and she remembers all the excitement and artistry of composer Douglas Moore, librettist John La Touche, director and renowned choreographer Hanya Holm, director Edwin Levy and starring sopranos Dolores Wilson and Leyna Gabriele, all working together on this brand new opera. Read more about Baby Doe Tabor as a historical figure and the opera based on her life on the Central City Opera blog! Cyril Richard—perhaps best remembered as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of Peter Pan—played Don Andres in La Perichole at Central City Opera in 1958. Phebe talks about how he kindly reassured her little brother, who had made a loud mistake on stage while playing a non-singing role in the production. Over her summers at Central City Opera, Phebe memorized 17 operas along with the other children. “It was incredible musical education,” she says, “it was all about the music.” Phebe points out, “in those days all the operas [in Central City] were performed in English.” Throughout history it’s been common practice for operas to be adapted to the vernacular of the place they’re being performed. In recent years—especially in the United States—operas are more commonly performed in their original language. Wonder where the performance trends in this 400-year-old artform will take us next! Since various opera companies and orchestras perform during different times of the year, many musicians play in multiple ensembles like Phebe’s dad. For instance many orchestra members at Central City Opera also played with the Metropolitan Opera, and today our orchestra shares many musicians with the Colorado Symphony. The Berkowitz family stayed in a historic house that, during those years, was named after Gypsy Rose Lee (1911-1970). Famous for her burlesque act, Lee was also an actor, author, playwright and all-around fascinating figure that inspired and captured the kids’ imagination. As an adult, Phebe went on to build a career as an opera director and production professional, herself. Learn more about some of the figures and references she makes in this interview: She snagged a job as an intern in makeup and costumes with Hamburg State Opera as a young woman. As she was such a keen observer during rehearsals, Gian Carlo Menotti—the composer of the world-premiere production of Help, Help, the Globolinks! they were producing—asked her to call the light cues. Even with her very limited German vocabulary, she was up to the task! After that, Hamburg State Opera Artistic Director Rolf Liebermann hired her on as lighting stage manager. Later, he took Phebe with him as a stage director when he joined Paris Opera as Artistic Director. Phebe enjoyed many years as a part of the Metropolitan Opera Company, as an assistant stage director, director for revivals and Executive Stage Director (1974-2016). Her time with the Met Opera began when August Everding brought her along as his personal assistant for Tristan und Isolde (1971), which was Rudolf Bing’s last new production. Central City Opera Artistic Director Emeritus John Moriarty is also a close friend and mentor to Phebe. While they didn’t cross paths at CCO, he taught her to stage manage at Lake George Opera—now Opera Saratoga—where they worked together for three years. Read Phebe’s general bio at centralcityopera.org/opera-central Join Phebe in supporting the community and artistry of Central City Opera for many years to come. Find all kinds of ways to donate at centralcityopera.org/support-us Thanks for listening! Musical excerpts featured in this podcast: Carmen by Georges Bizet. Mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens (1913-2013) sings the Act 1 “Habanera.” Recording with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in approximately 1948 and conducted by Erich Leinsdorf. The Ballad of Baby Doe by Douglas Moore, Act 1, Scene 2 “Willow Song.” Recorded in 1959 at the New York City Opera Company with soprano Beverly Sills (1929 – 2007) as Baby Doe and Walter Cassel (1910-2000) as Horace Tabor. Conducted by Emerson Buckley (1916-1989). (Cassel and Buckley were part of the original 1956 production at Central City Opera in these same roles.) The Girl of the Golden West by Giacomo Puccini, Act 1 with soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as Minnie and tenor Yusif Eyvazov as Dick Johnson. Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera and featured on PBS’s Great Performances.

1882年的4月，科州的天气已经渐渐的回暖，那是科州加入联邦的第六年，随着美国的银元政策，也带动了以莱德维尔（Leadville）为主的银矿业欣欣向荣，也让泰伯先生（Horace Tabor）富甲一方，在丹佛和莱德维尔都建造了以他的名字命名的歌剧院，尤其在丹佛16街和科提斯上的泰伯大歌剧院（Tabor Grand Opera House）更是富丽堂皇，每有演出都汇集了城中许多的政商名流，名媛们争奇斗艳，好不热闹。1882年，城中名媛最期待应该是4月中在泰伯大歌剧的爱尔兰浪漫文豪王尔德（Oscar Wilde）的两场演讲。徐志摩曾引用王尔德的名言“我是要在生命中实现诗的”，而徐志摩的一生也和王尔德有许多相似的地方，一样的才情洋溢，一样的离经叛道，一样的英年早逝，1881年27岁王尔德的诗集让英国文坛惊艳，他对情感赤裸裸，淋漓尽致的描往往让人许多人不能克制对他的作品着迷，也让他在大西洋这一头同样的声名大噪，有着谜一般的色彩，大家都想一睹这一位特立独行美男子的庐山真面目，而王尔德1882年在全美各城市的巡回演讲也让他在美国赢得了万千的掌声。那一年王尔德旋风式的在4月13日到15日之间在科州做了四场谈吐机智，关于装潢艺术的演讲，两场在丹佛泰伯大歌剧院，一场在莱德维尔泰伯歌剧院（Tabor Opera House），一场在科泉的歌剧院（Opera House），场场座无虚席，赢得了一致的好评。王尔德的一生大起大落，19世纪80年代初露头角，90年代初期达到事业巅峰，是英国最富传奇，最著名的诗人和剧作家，到了90年代末期又是同样惊世骇俗为了追求自己不为世人接受的同性爱情而不惜离婚，坐牢，流亡，到身败名裂，年仅46岁就孤独的郁郁而终。和梁启超在为徐志摩和陆小曼证婚时所说的“不要以自私自利作为行事的准则，不要以荒唐和享乐作为人生追求的目的......让父母汗颜，让朋友不齿，让社会看笑话”相比，王尔德的思想比时代走整整快了一百年，更离经叛道，更不为当时的社会所接受。时至今日，许多王尔德的名言，“爱，始于自我欺骗，终于欺骗他人，这就是所谓的浪漫”；“一个人总是可以善待他毫不在意的人”；“情感的好处就是让我们误入歧途”等等，还是那么的一针见血，那么的历久弥新。

在一张莱德维尔（Leadville）泛黄的老照片里，看到了一个满脸胡须的中年男子站在路中央的迎宾门下向远处遥望，四年前莱德维尔发现了丰富的银矿而身价百倍，从一个聊无人烟的山区小镇，变成了一个人口过万的矿业重镇，也是在那一年的科罗拉多加入了联邦，成为了美国的一州。老照片里的莱德维尔已经看得到繁荣的景象，商铺旅社林立，泥泞的路上还看得到马车交纵的痕迹。这个城市在短短的二十年里，因为银矿而发迹，也因为银矿而没落，1878年的金银双本位政策让白银水涨船高，洛阳纸贵，也让莱德维尔的银矿大王泰伯先生（Horace Tabor）成为了巨富，但1893年美国回归金本位导致银价狂跌，科州陷入长达几年的经济低潮，泰伯先生黯淡收场。这是一张1880年的照片，那一年的美国并不平静，随着在美华工越来越多，许多地方都发生了大大小小的的反华浪潮，这一年也是个大选年，华工问题理所当然的也成为了选举里的焦点，间接导致了几个月后在丹佛发生的反华暴动（Denver Anti-Chinese Riot）。莱德维尔也不例外，随着矿工的涌入，种族纠纷也层出不穷，一年前就言明不欢迎华工进入。照片里的中年男子似乎略有所思，他似乎看到了繁荣背后的波涛汹涌，就和十几年前他参与的那场战役一样，有着暴风雨前的宁静。1861年对他来说是一个不平凡的一年，西点军校出身的他虽然已经官拜陆军上校，眼见已届退伍年龄，还是怀才不遇，一直没有碰上让他一展长才的机会。但一将功成万骨枯，在那场死伤超过百万的内战（American Civil War）里，他遇上了一生中的伯乐林肯总统，让他建功立业，千古留名，他的名字叫做尤利西斯格兰特（President Ulysses S. Grant），那一年他39岁。有许多人说林肯造就了格兰特，但也可以说格兰特成就了林肯的丰功伟绩，他带领了原本节节败退的北方军，斗智斗勇，打败了和他有瑜亮情结南方军队的李将军（General Robert E Lee），结束了这场历时4年的内战，但也是在这最光辉的一年，他失去了和他亦师亦友的林肯总统。也因为希望延续这位挚友的理想，而投身政坛，在1869年成为了美国第18任的总统。格兰特总统一生的毁誉参半，他的军旅生涯让他功成名就，他的政治生涯却让他险些身败名裂，总统任内弊案频传。但格兰特总统一直是在科州评价最高的总统之一，而他也和科州的命运巧妙的联在一起，在他任内，科罗拉多成为了美国的一州，也是在他任内制定了美国双本位政策，带动了科州银矿业的发展。在战场上体验过颠沛流离，骨肉分离的他，在任内致力推动融合，希望能够捻灭种族歧视的火苗。1880年是他最后一次造访科州，所到之处万人空巷，大家都想一睹这位传奇人物的庐山真面目，照片里的莱德维尔也不例外，但他敏锐的第六感似乎已经预见了这个城市因为矿业而起，也将会因矿业而没的未来，沉思着这个国家，这个州，还有这里的人们会对他有什么样的评价，如脚下的泥巴路一样，他能够在历史的巨轮下留下什么样的痕迹。1885年1月他丑闻缠身的的第一任副总统斯凯勒科尔法克斯（Schuyler Colfax）在明尼苏达小镇的火车站里逝世，同年7月格兰特总统在家中与世长辞，享年63岁，结束了他不平淡的一生。

莱德维尔（Leadville），一个在科州山区人口只有数千人的小镇，一个似乎被岁月尘封的城市，在这里，时间被定格在它那曾经辉煌的十九世纪，许多人都被这小镇老街上一栋栋色彩鲜艳的维多利亚式建筑惊艳。莱德维尔的命运随着1876年在地底发现了丰富的银矿而起了翻天覆地的改变，这个城市成就了当年科州的巨富，有莱德维尔银矿大王(Silver King of Leadville）之称的泰伯先生（Horace Tabor），而这里也在短短的三四年内从人烟罕至荒芜一片的山区小镇变成了有将近30英里街道，5座教堂，3座医院，6家银行，和能够容纳超过一千多名学生学校的科州第二大城。泰伯先生一生大起大落，从一家小杂货店东主，成为了富甲一方的大亨，更投身政坛，曾任科罗拉多州的副州长，联邦参议员，美国内政部长，而他的两段感情生活更是多彩多姿，经常是当时科州人茶余饭后讨论的热门话题，但随着美国脱离银本位，1893年美国政府宣布不再支持银价后，银价狂跌，也让泰伯先生的财富昙花一现，最后郁郁而终。泰伯先生戏剧化的一生，让大家都忘了当年一位中年才在莱德维尔发迹，但命运却完全不同的另一位矿业大亨，迈耶·古根海姆（Meyer Guggenheim）。您可能觉得这名字有些熟悉，没有错，他就是著名古根海姆家族的开山祖师，虽然没有泰伯先生的轰轰烈烈，但他的眼光独到，在科州挖到第一桶金（银）之后，还是脚踏实地的经营事业，把事业版图扩充到世界各地，建立了庞大的矿冶王国，成为富可敌国的巨富，更强强联手，和同是犹太裔的罗斯柴尔德银行家族（The House of Rothschild）联姻，让古根海姆家族的事业更稳若磐石。古根海姆家族更取之社会，用之社会，这些年里把家族财富投注于慈善事业和艺术推广，时至今日，古根海姆基金会（Guggenheim Foundation）和古根海姆艺术馆（Guggenheim Museums），都还执这些领域的牛角，而古根海姆家族仍坐拥超过三千亿美金的财富，至今不衰。

随着上周百年老店西尔斯百货（Sears）的破产，带出了一段属于丹佛的回忆。1893年对丹佛来说是极为重要的一年，那一年联邦政府决定不在支撑银价，白银价格狂跌，让当时以银矿业为主的丹佛百业萧条，风声鹤唳，在短短的一年里有300多家公司倒闭，400多个银矿关闭，数万人失业，这就是著名延续数年的丹佛大萧条（Denver Depression of 1893）。在这一场经济风暴里，许多丹佛早期著名的实业家也没有幸免于难，斥巨资兴建在1892年启用的布朗酒店（Brown Palace Hotel）的布朗先生（Henry Brown），在此之后事业一蹶不振，后来郁郁而终，丹佛巨富矿业大亨泰伯先生（Horace Tabor）也变得一无所有，而建造许多丹佛地标性建筑的著名建筑师兰恩先生（William Lang），更在败掉了所有产业后，变成了一个酒鬼，最后潦倒在火车轨道上终结了一生。在那个百业待兴的时代，丹佛的人口外移，房价大跌，曾经流行一时，以豪华著称的维多利亚式建筑乏人问津，在城中出现了许多土地闲置的情况。西尔斯百货也就是在这种氛围下，用他们邮递目录上实用平价的产品，打进了美国的大街小巷。而最为那个时代丹佛人所熟知的该属西尔斯出品的四方拼装屋（Kit Home）了，这个在19世纪末期到20世纪中叶在美国风行的建筑风格，正正方方的格局，一楼四间房，二楼四件房，强调屋子的实用性，也由于占地面积较小，拼装屋的成本较低，让许多在经济萧条下的丹佛人还是可以置产置业，搭建个安乐窝。希尔斯公司的拼装屋，以真材实料著称，大至木材原料，小至钉子砖瓦都是在客人邮购后从仓库用火车运至目的地，由客人自己找建筑工人拼建而成，这一类型的屋子从几百块的小屋到近万元的大屋都有，是丹佛第一代统一风格的量产屋。到了今日，许多这些当年的拼装屋早已经成为这里物以稀为贵的古迹建筑，而许多买到心头好的屋主还不禁兴奋的拿出当年西尔斯百货目录上的广告和拼装屋的搭建手册，指着屋子的一砖一瓦，和大家叙说着属于它们不一般的故事。

Week Five - Getting to Know You (Better) Baritone Grant Youngblood commands the stage this summer as Horace Tabor in the 60th anniversary production of The Ballad of Baby Doe. On this episode, recorded a few days after Opening Night in July, Grant shares his thoughts on this iconic Colorado silver king, including his theory as to why Horace left Augusta for Baby Doe. He tells us his favorite moments in the production, how he “ages” onstage in the role, the interesting words that show up in Horace’s libretto, and what it’s been like working with the other performers in the show, including the young artists. Grant also shares what it’s like being on the road and how he recreates home wherever he is, how he manages doing a long run of performances, and much more. Have questions or want to provide feedback? Email us at podcast@centralcityopera.org. Remember to subscribe to our podcast to get the latest episodes delivered directly to your device. To hear more stories from inside Central City Opera and buy tickets to the shows, visit us at www.centralcityopera.org.

Week Five - Getting to Know You (Better) On August 2nd, the Apprentice Artists take the stage as the principals for the Nina Odescalchi Kelly Family Matinee Performance of The Ballad of Baby Doe. Only 10 days before their performance, I sat down with the three covers - also known as understudies - for the roles of Horace Tabor, August Tabor, and Baby Doe: Adam Richardson, Alice Anne Light, and Helen Huang. On this episode, these three talented singers share their thoughts on what it's like covering these roles, whether or not they changed their minds about their characters after seeing the principals perform, and the magic of doing this opera in THIS place. They also tell us where they're from, how they got into singing opera, and their different perspectives on audition season.  Have questions or want to provide feedback? Email us at podcast@centralcityopera.org. Remember to subscribe to our podcast to get the latest episodes delivered directly to your device. To hear more stories from inside Central City Opera and buy tickets to the shows, visit us at www.centralcityopera.org.

The Lux Radio Theatre. April 3, 1939. CBS net. "Silver Dollar". Sponsored by: Lux. The true story of Horace Tabor, who became fabulously wealthy from the silver mines of Colorado. The intermission guest is the former United States Minister to Denmark, who also is the daughter of William Jennings Bryan (the orator remembered for his "Cross Of Gold" speech). An excellent, well-done drama! Harvey Thew (screenwriter), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Edward Arnold, Anita Louise, Marjorie Rambeau, Cecil B. DeMille, Sally Creighton (commercial spokesman), Forrest Taylor (doubles), Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), Ynez Seabury, Joseph Du Val (doubles), David Kerman (doubles), Eric Burtis, Marilyn Stuart (commercial spokesman), Lois Collier (commercial spokesman), Ruth Bryan Owen Rhoday (intermission guest), Ross Forrester, Betty Jean Hainey (commercial spokesman), David Karsner (author), Lou Merrill (doubles), Mary Lansing (doubles), Perry Ivins (doubles), Lee Millar, Walter White, Carl Erickson (screenwriter).Click Here to Listen Today's Old Time Radio Station NOW ON AIR!!SUPPORT US BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS HempUSA Store