This was followed by the first solo performance on a piano on 2 June 1768, by Johann Christian Bach, Johann Sebastian's youngest son. The piano was probably one like this, Square Piano c 1795, now in the Horniman Museum. The first public performance on a piano in England took place on 16 May, 1767, at what is now the Royal Opera House.Ī Miss Bricker sang a song from Handel's Judith to the accompaniment of Charles Dibdin. 4.including the first time a piano was played in public
The then-Theatre Royal also hosted the first performances of many of Handel's operas, including Il pastor fido, Ariodante, Alcina and Semele. That is, a ballet presented more like our modern understanding of 'classical ballet', with a story told through dance. The Covent Garden site lays claim to various firsts: Pygmalion, performed in 1734, is said to be the first 'ballet d'action'. In 2008, it was awarded Grade II-listed status (we're amused to see that Historic England thinks ' the interior is not of special interest': unless, presumably, you really want a roast dinner). It was bought by Borough Market for £1 and added to the building around 2003. The portico at Roast used to be the Floral Hall in the Royal Opera House. The façade grafted onto this particular part of Borough Market is actually the old E M Barry-designed Floral Hall from the Royal Opera House, which was put in storage when the Opera House was done up in the 1990s. Next time you're heading to Roast in Borough Market, look up.
Today's façade, foyer, and auditorium date from 1858, but almost every other element of the present complex of buildings dates from the extensive reconstruction which took place between 19. The theatre became the Royal Opera House in 1892. The Floral Hall was a glass-and-iron structure intended to serve as a concert hall annexe and winter garden. This was a fireproof building in a regular classical design, and alongside it Barry built the Floral Hall in 1858-9. An 1810 illustration of the auditorium of the second theatre on this site shortly after opening.Ī third theatre, designed by Edward Middleton Barry, opened in 1858. The second opened just eight months later (1809) and survived until March 1856, when another fire destroyed the theatre. The first, the Theatre Royal, opened in 1732, before burning down in 1808. An illustration of the first theatre drawn shortly before it burned down in 1808.
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