Royal Opera House Orchestra

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, which are known collectively as the Royal Ballet and Opera. The first theatre on the site, the Theatre Royal (1732), served primarily as a playhouse for the first hundred years of its history. In 1734, the first ballet was presented. A year later, the first season of operas, by George Frideric Handel, began. Many of his operas and oratorios were specifically written for Covent Garden and had their premieres there. The current building is the third theatre on the site, following disastrous fires in 1808 and 1856 to previous buildings. The façade, foyer, and auditorium date from 1858, but almost every other element of the present complex dates from an extensive reconstruction in the 1990s. The main auditorium seats 2,256 people, making it the third largest in London, and consists of four tiers of boxes and balconies and the amphitheatre gallery. The proscenium is 14.80 metres (48 ft 7 in) wide, with the stage of the same depth and 12.20 metres (40 ft 0 in) high. The main auditorium is a Grade I listed building. The Royal Opera House companies were rebranded as the Royal Ballet and Opera in 2024, but the building retains the title of The Royal Opera House.

Offenbach, Rosenthal: Gaîté Parisienne, Complete Ballet (Classical Greatest Collection) - 2014-05-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Puccini: Tosca - 2014-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

History Records - Classical Edition 114 - Ernest Anserment conducts excerpts from famous Ballets I (Original Recordings - Remastered) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Britten: Paul Bunyan - 1999-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress - 1998-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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