Royal Opera House [London, UK]
type: Item
alternative label: Royal Opera House
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
City: London
opening date: 1809-01-01T00:00:00Z
Internal image: Microcosm of London Plate 100 - New Covent Garden Theatre (tone).jpg
Wikidata source: Q67928449
Country: United Kingdom
GPS: Point(-0.1225 51.5131)
city section: Westminster
Importance: Not rated
EUTA building identifier: 383
Burnt down date: 1856-03-05T00:00:00Z
Fires in Theatres id: 61
Fires in Theatres id: 331
Arthur Lloyd.co.uk page: RoyalOperaHouseCoventGarden.htm#second
Theaterbrande Id: 325
Erinnerungen aus dem Leben id: 336
structure replaced by: Royal Opera House [London]
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 4374
Modern Opera Houses ID: 206
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Note: Built 1808-1809 by Robert Smirke, replacing the 1st theatre on the site (built 1732, destroyed by a fire in 1808). Opened 18 Sep 1809 with Shakespeare's Macbeth followed by the musical entertainment The Quaker. 1847 renamed Royal Italian Opera. Destroyed by a fire on 5 March 1856. [Subsequently, the 3rd theatre was built on the site, today's Royal Opera House Covent Garden.]