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Royal Opera House
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opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London (3rd theatre on the site, opened 1858)
The Royal Opera House is a major performing arts venue located in Covent Garden in central London, where it has operated since 1858 as the third theatre built on that site. It matters as one of the UK's leading venues for opera, ballet, and other performing arts productions.
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- London
- Location
- Covent Garden
- Official website
- www.roh.org.uk
- Image
- Royal Opera House and ballerina.jpg
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- located on street
- Bow Street
- Commons category
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden
- topic's main category
- Category:Royal Opera House
- maximum capacity
- 2255
- architect
- Edward Middleton Barry
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- street address
- 7 Bow Street, London, WC2E 9DD, England
- date of official opening
- 1858-05-15
- native label
- Royal Opera House
- historic county
- Middlesex
- OS grid reference
- TQ3036281019
- inception
- 1732-00-00
- P12674
- list of cities of Spain
- P12749
- Peter Piel
- associated electoral district
- Cities of London and Westminster
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Encyclopedic overview
The Royal Opera House (ROH) is a theatre in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. The ROH is the main home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, which are known collectively as the Royal Ballet and Opera.
The first theatre on the site, the Theatre Royal (1732), served primarily as a playhouse for the first hundred years of its history. In 1734, the first ballet was presented. A year later, the first season of operas, by George Frideric Handel, began. Many of his operas and oratorios were specifically written for Covent Garden and had their premieres there.
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