Rouge
For the third year, Central City Opera and the Kevin Taylor Restaurant Group have partnered to bring you the very best in seasonal dining at the historic Teller House in Central City. Reservations are accepted at Rouge, an upscale, fine dining experience, serving on nights with evening performances; while The Face Bar offers a casual menu on the main level. For the 2008 season, Rouge and The Face Bar will open on June 4th through August 9th and promises to bring wonderful cuisine and exceptional service back again this year.

 

Central City Opera's Teller House
The Teller House was built as a hotel by lawyer turned statesman, Henry Moore Teller, in 1872 to serve the gold mining town then known as the ''richest square mile on earth'' and the leader of the world's gold production.

The Teller House became known as the finest hotel (outside of Denver) west of the Mississippi and houses the famous and mysterious ''Face on the Barroom Floor'' painting, done by Herndon Davis in 1934. (Gilpin County Historical Society).

The hotel was rented for dining and housing of Central City Opera House patrons beginning with the first festival in 1932, and was purchased from Teller’s heirs by the Association in 1935. Since then, the Teller House has been used by the Association as an entertainment and gathering venue for opera patrons and for special events throughout the season.
 

 

Currently in its 76th year, the Central City Opera House Association is the nation’s fifth-oldest opera company, located just 35 miles west of Denver in one of Colorado’s official National Landmark Historic Districts. The company continues to pursue its four-part mission to present artistically excellent professional opera; to offer career-entry training to young singers; to produce education and community service programs; and to preserve and maintain the Opera House and 30 other Victorian-era properties.