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The Royal Opera House is a theatre in , . The building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site.
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  • Type: Arts center
  • Description: opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London (3rd theater on the site, opened 1858)
  • Also known as: “Covent Garden”, “Covent Garden Opera”, “ROH”, “ROH Covent Garden”, “Royal Italian Opera”, “Royal Opera”, and “Royal Opera House, Covent Garden”
  • Address: Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Theatre Royal.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Theater building
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The , Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in , London, England. The building faces Catherine Street and backs onto Drury Lane. is situated 520 feet east of Royal Opera House.

Museum
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The is a transport museum based in , London. The museum predominantly hosts exhibits relating to the heritage of London's transport, as well as conserving and explaining the history of it. is situated 440 feet southeast of Royal Opera House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Covent Garden and West End of London.

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is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of , and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends.

Locality
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The is a district of , England, in the and the . It is west of the and north of the , in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops…

Neighborhood
was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of , England; an ecclesiastical version remains. The parish was split between the Liberty of Westminster and the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Royal Opera House

Latitude
51.51288° or 51° 30′ 46″ north
Longitude
-0.1225° or 0° 7′ 21″ west
Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)
Levels
7
Operator
Royal Ballet and Opera
Open location code
9C3XGV7H+52
Open­Street­Map ID
way 33721672
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­arts_centre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­civic
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6619896
Wiki­data ID
Q55018
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Royal Opera House” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Royal Opera House”
  • Arabic: “دار الأوبرا الملكية”
  • Armenian: “Կովենտ գարդեն արքունական թատրոն”
  • Armenian: “Քովենտ Գարդեն արքունական թատրոն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kral Opera Teatrı”
  • Basque: “Royal Opera House”
  • Belarusian: “Каралеўскі опэрны тэатар”
  • Belarusian: “Каралеўскі тэатр Ковент-Гардэн”
  • Belarusian: “Ковэнт-Гардэн”
  • Bulgarian: “Ковънт Гардън”
  • Bulgarian: “Кралска опера”
  • Catalan: “Royal Opera House”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆشکی ئۆپێرای شاهانەیی”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆشکی ئۆپێرای شاھانەیی”
  • Chinese: “皇家歌剧院”
  • Chinese: “皇家歌劇院”
  • Czech: “Royal Opera House”
  • Danish: “Royal Opera House”
  • Dutch: “Royal Opera House Covent Garden”
  • Dutch: “Royal Opera House”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دار الاوبرا الملكيه”
  • Esperanto: “Reĝa Operejo”
  • Esperanto: “Royal Opera House”
  • Estonian: “Royal Opera House”
  • Finnish: “Royal Opera House”
  • French: “Royal Opera House”
  • Galician: “Royal Opera House”
  • Georgian: “სამეფო ოპერის თეატრი”
  • German: “Königliches Opernhaus”
  • German: “Royal Opera House”
  • German: “The Royal Opera House”
  • Greek: “Βασιλική Όπερα του Κόβεντ Γκάρντεν”
  • Greek: “Βασιλική Όπερα του Λονδίνου”
  • Greek: “Βασιλικό Θέατρο του Κόβεντ Γκάρντεν”
  • Hebrew: “בית האופרה המלכותית, קובנט גארדן”
  • Hebrew: “בית האופרה המלכותית”
  • Hungarian: “Royal Opera House”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Opera House”
  • Italian: “Royal Opera House”
  • Japanese: “ロイヤル・オペラ・ハウス”
  • Kazakh: “Ковент-Гарден театры”
  • Korean: “로열 오페라 하우스”
  • Latvian: “Karaliskais operteātris”
  • Malay: “Royal Opera House”
  • Malayalam: “റോയൽ ഓപ്പറ ഹൗസ്, മുംബൈ”
  • Marathi: “रॉयल ऑपेरा हाऊस”
  • Mongolian: “Ковент Гарден театр”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Covent Garden Opera”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Covent Garden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “ROH Covent Garden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal Italian Opera”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal Opera House, Covent Garden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal Opera House”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Royal Opera House”
  • Norwegian: “Royal Opera House”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Royal Opera House”
  • Persian: “تالار اپرای سلطنتی لندن”
  • Persian: “خانه اپرای سلطنتی لندن”
  • Polish: “Covent Garden Theatre”
  • Polish: “Royal Opera House”
  • Portuguese: “Royal Opera House”
  • Romanian: “Royal Opera House”
  • Russian: “Ковент-Гарден”
  • Russian: “Королевская опера”
  • Russian: “Королевский театр Ковент-Гарден”
  • Serbian: “Kraljevska opera London”
  • Serbian: “Kraljevska opera u Londonu”
  • Serbian: “Краљевска опера (Лондон)”
  • Serbian: “Краљевска опера Лондон”
  • Serbian: “Краљевска опера у Лондону”
  • Serbian: “Лондонска краљевска опера”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Royal Opera House”
  • Slovenian: “Covent Garden”
  • Slovenian: “Royal Opera House”
  • Spanish: “Real Opera House”
  • Spanish: “Royal Opera House”
  • Swedish: “Royal Opera House”
  • Swiss German: “Royal Opera House”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Royal Opera House”
  • Turkish: “Royal Opera House”
  • Ukrainian: “Ковент-гарден”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівський театр Ковент-Гарден”
  • Urdu: “رائل اوپیرا ہاؤس”
  • Uzbek: “Covent Garden”
  • Uzbek: “Kovent-garden”
  • Venetian: “Royal Opera House”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà hát opera Hoàng gia”
  • Welsh: “Tŷ Opera Brenhinol”
  • Wu Chinese: “皇家歌剧院”

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