The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.
I last visited the Tabor Opera House in June 2018. The renovated building opened on Nov. 20 1902, featuring scenery by Kansas City Scenic. For the next five days, I will be cataloguing the scenery currently stored in the stage area. With a crew of volunteers, we will carefully go through the collection piece by piece. Some of the drops are hanging, but the majority of pieces are stacked against the back wall. Here are a few pictures of their lovely front curtain.
The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.The Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colorado. Photograph from June 2018.
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Wendy Rae Waszut-Barrett, PhD, is an author, artist, and historian, specializing in painted settings for opera houses, vaudeville theaters, social halls, cinemas, and other entertainment venues. For over thirty years, her passion has remained the preservation of theatrical heritage, restoration of historic backdrops, and the training of scenic artists in lost painting techniques. In addition to evaluating, restoring, and replicating historic scenes, Waszut-Barrett also writes about forgotten scenic art techniques and theatre manufacturers. Recent publications include the The Santa Fe Scottish Rite Temple: Freemasonry, Architecture and Theatre (Museum of New Mexico Press, 2018), as well as articles for Theatre Historical Society of America’s Marquee, InitiativeTheatre Museum Berlin’s Die Vierte Wand, and various Masonic publications such as Scottish Rite Journal, Heredom and Plumbline. Dr. Waszut-Barrett is the founder and president of Historic Stage Services, LLC, a company specializing in historic stages and how to make them work for today’s needs. Although her primary focus remains on the past, she continues to work as a contemporary scene designer for theatre and opera.
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