Royal Albert Hall

concert hall in South Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

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The Royal Albert Hall is a concert venue located in South Kensington, London, where a wide variety of musical and cultural performances take place. It is one of Britain's most famous and iconic performance spaces, hosting everything from classical concerts to contemporary events.

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Type: Concert hall
Architectural style: Italianate
Location: Kensington Gore , London, SW7 , United Kingdom
Inaugurated: 29 March 1871 ; 155 years ago ( 1871-03-29 )
Renovated: 1996–2004
Cost: £ 200,000
Client: Provisional Committee for the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences
Owner: The Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences
Height: 135 feet (41 m)
Architects: Captain Francis Fowke and Major-General Henry Y. D. Scott
Architecture firm: Royal Engineers
Main contractor: Lucas Brothers

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The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272.

Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. It is the venue for the BBC Proms concerts, which have been held there every summer since 1941. It is host to more than 390 shows in the main auditorium annually, including classical, rock and pop concerts, ballet, opera, film screenings with live orchestral accompaniment, sports, awards ceremonies, school and community events, and charity performances and banquets. A further 1,000 events are held each year in the non-auditorium spaces. Over its 153-year history, the hall has hosted events of a wide variety, including meetings held by suffragettes; speeches from Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, and Albert Einstein; fights by Lennox Lewis; exhibition bouts by Muhammad Ali; and concerts from regular performers at the venue such as Eric Clapton and Shirley Bassey.