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Royal Opera House

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

15 dated entries naming Royal Opera House, drawn from 8 separate years between 1732 CE and 1856 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Covent Garden Theatre, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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18th century

  • 1732December 7 – The original Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London (the modern-day Royal Opera House) is opened.source
  • 1735January 8 – George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante is premièred at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.source
  • 17358 January – premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London.source
  • 1735April 16 – Alcina, George Frideric Handel's Italian opera, premieres at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.source
  • 1773March 15 – The popular (and enduring) comedy She Stoops to Conquer, by Irish playwright Oliver Goldsmith, is performed for the first time, premiering at London's Covent Garden Theatre.source
  • 177315 March – first performance of Oliver Goldsmith's comedy She Stoops to Conquer at the Covent Garden Theatre in London.source
  • 177517 January – Richard Brinsley Sheridan's first play, the comedy of manners The Rivals, is premiered at the Covent Garden Theatre, London.source
  • 177517 January – first performance of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy of manners The Rivals at the Covent Garden Theatre in London.source

19th century

  • 180820 September – The original Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London is destroyed by fire along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts. Rebuilding begins in December.source
  • 1808December 20 – The original Covent Garden Theatre in London is destroyed by a fire, along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts.source
  • 180918 September – A new Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (pictured) opens in London to replace the first burnt down in 1808. An increase in ticket prices causes the Old Price Riots which last for 64 days.source
  • 1809September 18 – A new theatre for the Royal Opera House opens in London to replace the first, burnt down in a fire in 1808. The price increases lead to the Old Price Riots, which last for 64 days.source
  • 1823July 28 – The first theatrical adaptation of the Frankenstein story, Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein, opens at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London. On August 29, Mary Shelley attends a performance, the only version of her novel she will ever see.source
  • 1856March 5 – Fire destroys the Covent Garden Theatre in London.source
  • 18565 March – A fire destroys Covent Garden Theatre in London.source

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