Item Detail
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29404
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English
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Frontier Theatre : The Corinne Opera House
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Utah Historical Quarterly
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Summer 1974
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42
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Utah Historical Society
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285-295
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In January 1871 readers of the New York Clipper learned that Corinne, Utah, boasted "the finest auditorium, stage and proscenium of [any] edifice between Chicago and Sacramento." Uncritically echoing its source, the Clipper reported the new opera house to be "elegantly fitted and furnished" with a "seating capacity for twelve hundred persons." Although factually erroneous, the report did reflect the high optimism of those residents who saw in Corinne the future capital of Utah and the commercial hub of the Intermountain region. [From the text]