The Royal Opera House is an opera and ballet theatre in Covent Garden, in central London, and the home of the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet. The present building is the third theatre on the site, opened in 1858 after fire destroyed the previous ones, and it was designed by Edward Middleton Barry. Its history goes back to 1732, when the first theatre was built there by John Rich. The name Royal Opera House has been used since 1892. The auditorium, with its red and gold interior, is famous throughout the world, and the building was extensively redeveloped in the 1990s with a new foyer and rehearsal spaces.
Before and after
- 1858Rise of Japonisme
- from 11 February 1858 to 16 July 1858Lourdes apparitions
- 15 April 1858Birth of Émile Durkheim
- 23 April 1858Birth of Max Planck
- 15 May 1858Construction of Royal Opera House
- 16 May 1858Treaty of Aigun
- 30 May 1858Construction of Saint Isaac's Cathedral
- 2 June 1858Discovery of Comet Donati
- 1 July 1858Darwin and Wallace present natural selection to the Linnean Society
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1792Publication of Dream of the Red Chamber
- 21 February 1848Publication of The Communist Manifesto
- 18 September 1851Founding of The New York Times
- 1857Rise of Symbolism
- 28 December 1895The Lumiere brothers hold the first public film screening
- 1909Rise of Futurism
The era
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