For the first hundred years or so of its history, the theatre was primarily a playhouse, the Theatre Royal at Covent Garden. In the eighteenth century many of Handel's operas began to be performed there, and in 1892 after the theatre was destroyed by fire for the second time it was renamed the Royal Opera House.

The current version was reopened in 1999 and now opens during the daytime. Thousands of visitors now attend the opera house to eat lunch, look at the exhibitions, and marvel at the views from the amphitheatre.

venue information venue map add a review what's on