{"slug": "royal-opera-house", "label": "Royal Opera House", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Opera_House", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55018", "qid": "Q55018", "description": "opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London (3rd theatre on the site, opened 1858)", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1732, 1856], "span_label": ["1732 CE", "1856 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 6}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": ["Covent Garden Theatre"], "related": [{"slug": "george-frideric-handel", "label": "George Frideric Handel", "shared": 2}], "items": [{"year": 1732, "year_label": "1732 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 – The original Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London (the modern-day Royal Opera House) is opened.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369314491#October–December", "title": "1732", "revid": 1369314491, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1735, "year_label": "1735 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante is premièred at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365121192#January–March", "title": "1735", "revid": 1365121192, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1735, "year_label": "1735 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – Alcina, George Frideric Handel's Italian opera, premieres at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365121192#April–June", "title": "1735", "revid": 1365121192, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1773, "year_label": "1773 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – The popular (and enduring) comedy She Stoops to Conquer, by Irish playwright Oliver Goldsmith, is performed for the first time, premiering at London's Covent Garden Theatre.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365114710#January–March", "title": "1773", "revid": 1365114710, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1808, "year_label": "1808 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 20", "text": "December 20 – The original Covent Garden Theatre in London is destroyed by a fire, along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369185588#October–December", "title": "1808", "revid": 1369185588, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1809, "year_label": "1809 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 18", "text": "September 18 – A new theatre for the Royal Opera House opens in London to replace the first, burnt down in a fire in 1808. The price increases lead to the Old Price Riots, which last for 64 days.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349276571#July–September", "title": "1809", "revid": 1349276571, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1823, "year_label": "1823 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 28", "text": "July 28 – The first theatrical adaptation of the Frankenstein story, Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein, opens at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London. On August 29, Mary Shelley attends a performance, the only version of her novel she will ever see.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361959841#July–September", "title": "1823", "revid": 1361959841, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "March 5", "text": "March 5 – Fire destroys the Covent Garden Theatre in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371140008#January–March", "title": "1856", "revid": 1371140008, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}