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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 (now known collectively as the Royal Ballet and Opera).
The Royal Opera House, home of The Royal Opera. The Royal Opera is a British opera company based in central London, resident at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. Along with English National Opera, it is one of the two principal opera companies in London. Founded in 1946 as the Covent Garden Opera Company, the company had that title until ...
The Royal Opera House continued to use Troxy until 1990. The following year the building earned Grade II Listed status with English Heritage . In the 1980s Mecca Bingo took over the venue and bingo sessions were held twice a day, seven days a week until 2005 when the rise of online gambling led to Mecca taking the decision to stop using the ...
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The opera house, from the designs of Edward Middleton Barry, R.A., was commenced and completed in the short period of six months. [ 3 ] In 1857 Gye obtained a new ground lease from the Duke of Bedford for ninety years at a rent of £850 per annum, and opened the house on 15 April 1858, when the novelty was Flotow 's Martha .
Kenneth MacMillan's Royal Ballet production of Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet premiered at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 9 February 1965. [6] Though MacMillan had conceived the ballet for Lynn Seymour and Christopher Gable, for "bureaucratic reasons" Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev danced the opening night, to MacMillan's disappointment. [7]
Wigglesworth led his first opera production in 1991, conducting Cosi fan Tutte for Opera Factory in London. He made his first conducting appearance with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in November 2002. [5] He has also conducted at the Welsh National Opera, [6] [7] the Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, [8] [9] and Glyndebourne. [10]
Outstanding Achievement in Opera Best New Opera Production; Joyce DiDonato and Daniela Barcellona in Semiramide – Royal Opera House. Paul Brown for his scenic and costume design for Iolanthe – London Coliseum; Roderick Williams in The Return of Ulysses – The Roundhouse; Semiramide – Royal Opera House. La bohème – Trafalgar Studios 2