Home › Entities › opera_house › Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House

opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London (3rd theatre on the site, opened 1858)
Organization opera_house Q55018
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Royal Opera House

Summary

Royal Opera House is an opera house[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of opera_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,784 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Royal Opera House received the International Opera Award[3].
  • Royal Opera House is located in City of Westminster[4].
  • Royal Opera House is located in London[5].
  • Royal Opera House is in the country of United Kingdom[6].
  • Royal Opera House's instance of is recorded as opera house[7].
  • Royal Opera House's instance of is recorded as theatre building[8].
  • Royal Opera House's instance of is recorded as performing arts center[9].
  • Royal Opera House's architect is recorded as Edward Middleton Barry[10].
  • Royal Opera House took place at Covent Garden[11].
  • Royal Opera House's Commons category is recorded as Royal Opera House Covent Garden[12].
  • Royal Opera House's occupant is recorded as Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation[13].
  • Royal Opera House's occupant is recorded as Orchestra of the Royal Opera House[14].
  • 1732 marks the founding of Royal Opera House[15].
  • Royal Opera House's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ3036281019[16].
  • Royal Opera House's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.51305555555555, 'lon': -0.12277777777777778}[17].
  • Royal Opera House's located on street is recorded as Bow Street[18].
  • Royal Opera House's official website is recorded as https://www.roh.org.uk/[19].
  • Royal Opera House's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Royal Opera House[20].
  • Royal Opera House's maximum capacity is recorded as {'amount': '+2255'}[21].
  • Royal Opera House's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Royal Opera House's structure replaces is recorded as Theatre Royal, Covent Garden[23].
  • Royal Opera House's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[24].
  • Royal Opera House's date of official opening is recorded as May 15, 1858[25].
  • Royal Opera House's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Royal Opera House'}[26].
  • Royal Opera House's street address is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '7 Bow Street, London, WC2E 9DD, England'}[27].

Body

Founding

1732 marks the founding of Royal Opera House[15].

Recognition

Royal Opera House received the International Opera Award[3].

Why It Matters

Royal Opera House ranks in the top 3% of opera_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,784 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Royal Opera House receive?

Honors received include International Opera Award[3].

Related Entities

City of Westminster Colin Southgate London United Kingdom

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . list.historicengland.org.uk. list.historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . list.historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . operaawards.org. operaawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . list.historicengland.org.uk. list.historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Royal Opera House. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/royal-opera-house
MLA “Royal Opera House.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/royal-opera-house.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_royal-opera-house_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Royal Opera House}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/royal-opera-house}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Royal Opera House — https://4ort.xyz/entity/royal-opera-house (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/royal-opera-house · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → royal-ballet-london-england
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: royal-ballet-london-england, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289956903|royal ballet london england (#289956903)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-matc"
  2. 7d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Royal Opera House
    Award received → International Opera Award
    Associated electoral district → Cities of London and Westminster
    Architect → Edward Middleton Barry
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.