Royal Opera House
opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London (3rd theatre on the site, opened 1858)
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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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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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