Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London

The Theatre Royal in Covent Garden burnt down in 1808, then reopened in 1809 until 1847, when it was renamed to the Royal Italian Opera. That had another fire in 1856, reopened in 1858, then renamed to the Royal Opera House in 1892.

Past productions

Julius Caesar 1843 – 1844.
Gertrude’s Cherries 1842 – 1843.
Court and City 1841 – 1842.
The Tempest 1838 – 1839.
King Lear 1838 – 1839.
Macbeth 1837 – 1838.
Othello 1837 – 1838.
Hamlet 1837 – 1838.
The Winter’s Tale 1837 – 1838.
Henry V 1837 – 1838.
Henry VIII 1836 – 1837.
Richard III 1836 – 1837.
Henry VIII 1834 – 1835.
Richard III 1833 – 1834.
Gustavus The Third 1833 – 1834.
William Tell 1832 – 1833.
The Hunchback 1832 – 1833.
The Merchant of Venice 1832 – 1833.
Fazio 1831 – 1832.
Venice Preserv’d 1831 – 1832.
Valerie 1831 – 1832.
Catherine of Cleeves 1831 – 1832.
The Hunchback 1831 – 1832.
Brother and Sister 1831 – 1832.
Romeo and Juliet 1831 – 1832.
The Fiend-Father 1831 – 1832.
The Stranger 1831 – 1832.
The Misanthrope 1831 – 1832.
The Merchant of Venice 1829 – 1830.
Gamester 1829 – 1830.
Venice Preserv’d 1828 – 1829.
The Merry Wives of Windsor 1828 – 1829.
Jane Shore 1828 – 1829.
The Maid of Judah 1828 – 1829.
The Merry Wives of Windsor 1827 – 1828.
As You Like It 1827 – 1828.
A School for Grown Children 1826 – 1827.
The Oracle 1826 – 1827.
Cymbeline 1826 – 1827.
Othello 1825 – 1826.
The Wheel of Fortune 1825 – 1826.
Macbeth 1825 – 1826.
Speed-the-Plow 1822 – 1823.
Twelfth Night 1822 – 1823.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona 1822 – 1823.
Ivanhoe 1819 – 1820.
Richard III 1819 – 1820.
The Comedy of Errors 1819 – 1820.
The Clandestine Marriage 1818 – 1819.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1818 – 1819.

Opened 1732

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