This impressive building in the heart of Covent Garden has been playing host to major stars of the classical music world since 1858. The third theatre to be located on this site, today's Royal Opera House is the result of a reconstruction in the 1990s (although the main auditorium is part of the original building). It is a beacon of modern theatre design and the place to go for highqualityperformances in sumptuous surroundings. As one of London's most esteemed, iconic and beautiful performance venues, it's worth a visit even if you're not a ballet or opera fan. Before 1999 the theatre only opened its doors to ticket holders just before performances but today you can explore parts of the building for free during the day - the Paul Hamlyn Hall with its dramatic glass atrium is especially worth a peek. For smaller scale productions such as chamber opera and experimental dance shows there's the 400-seat Linbury Studio Theatre and the Clore Studio Upstairs holds an audience of 180 for more intimate events and performances.
(Image: Covent Garden Opera House Exterior)
What's on at
Royal Opera House
La Traviata 18th June 2009 - 6th July 2009 Verdi's music takes audiences to the heart of Violetta's world...
Price: £9-£210
Un ballo in maschera 26th June 2009 - 17th July 2009 "A masked ball" is an absolutely prime slice of Verdi,...
London International Mime Festival
Southbank Centre, SE1 8XX
10th January 2009 - 25th January 2009
For something a little bit different this January, the 'London International Mime Festival'... More
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Bow Street, Covent Garden, Westminster, WC2E 9DE
Home of the Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, this impressive building in the heart... More
Covent Garden Market and Piazza
41 The Market, Covent Garden Piazza, Covent Garden, WC2E 8BE
Where Covent Garden Market meets the Piazza place there is... More
Sylvia
Royal Opera House, WC2E 9DD
18th January 2008 - 31st March 2008
Frederick Ashton, who famously danced under the distinguished direction of Marie Rambert, revived this ballet... More
Well-equipped, comfortable rooms await guests to this elegantly modern hotel in the heart of Theatreland. Set yourself up for the day with a hearty breakfast ... More
Covent Garden's Piazza returns to its original purpose, as a food market, every Thursday from 16th April until 24th September. The Real Food Market brings ...More
You're familiar with the egg and spoon race. Well how about the Christmas Pudding Race? Covent Garden Piazza swells with spectators as about 150 contestants ...More
After a two-year, £22 million refurbishment the London Transport Museum reopened on 22 November 2007 revealing more exhibition space than before. The museum travels back ... More
Elms Lesters Painting Rooms are housed in an extraordinary space, purpose built as a painting studio in 1904. Since 1984 the gallery has been specialising ...More
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Unit 3,
Covent Garden Market,The Piazza,Westminster,
London,
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1 minutes walk from Royal Opera House
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This
was once a sleazy Soho strip club, as the name suggests, and it really
shows. Deep reds are the dominant colour, with mirrors, booths and
velvet curtains ... More
The second offering from Irish entrepreneur Dezzi Mc Causland, founder of Soho's famous Kingly Club, is a stunning triumph of glass, chrome and contemporary design ... More
Can accommodate for up to 3854 people.
Architecturally stunning home of the Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera.
Home of the Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, ... More
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"A masked ball" is an absolutely prime slice of Verdi, full of sinister mysticism, lengthy, tragic deaths and steamy passions. It also contains one of ...More
Don't expect "the post-modern furnishings, the pop-up beds and the tight physical comedy" (The Independent) of Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser's previous productions; their Il ...More
It is doubtful that Jonathan Kent's Tosca will ever escape the shadow of its predecessor at the Royal Opera House - Franco Zeffirelli's 1964 Tosca ...More
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