We seek to be always accessible and engaging, celebrating our heritage but also breaking new ground. Our theatres are in London’s Covent Garden, but we bring opera and ballet to individuals across the globe, through live performances, streams, tours, cinema programmes, radio broadcasts and TV output. Home to The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the Royal Opera House brings together world-class performers and trailblazing creative teams to share unforgettable performances with audiences near and far. You can also find us taking part in various Learning and Participation events throughout the year, and sharing collection highlights on social media.We aim to enrich people’s lives, wherever they are. We offer an enquiry service, we are open to researchers by appointment, and we regularly contribute to exhibitions in the front of house spaces in the theatre.
The material held in ROH Collections is the largest theatre collection still housed in its parent organisation in the UK, and provides a unique and invaluable learning resource for everyone to enjoy. The ROH Collections continue to preserve the wide-ranging work and activities of this world-class theatre for future generations. It became home to The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Our collection is most comprehensive from 1946 onwards, when the theatre reopened after the end of World War II with permanent resident administration and production departments. Also represented are the wide variety of art forms that have been seen here – from plays, musical entertainments and circuses in the 18th and 19th centuries, through pantomimes, social dancing and concerts, to the operas and ballets for which it is now most widely known. The collection represents a journey into the diverse history of this institution since 1732, documenting all aspects of the artistic and organisational history of the three theatres that have stood on the site.
We collect, preserve and provide access to an extraordinary collection that records the history of the Royal Opera House.
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