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London's stages and concert rooms: the West End houses and the playhouses that make their own shows, the grand halls, the churches with a musical life, the jazz basements, the comedy clubs, the clubs proper, and the rooms above pubs where things start. What is on is listed under each venue, and in What's On.
What is on at them this week is in What's On: Performance
The house of the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet, and the third theatre to stand on the spot after the first two burned down.
OperaWorth it for the building
There has been a theatre here since 1732. The first burned in 1808, the second in 1856, and E. M. Barry's replacement of 1858 is the one still standing - the portico and the frieze on Bow Street are his. Everything behind them was rebuilt in the 1990s, which is why the auditorium is Victorian and the building around it is not.
Three companies live here: the Royal Opera, the Royal Ballet and the orchestra they share. Seats run from three figures down to a few pounds in the amphitheatre at the top, where the view is partial and the sound is famously good. The Paul Hamlyn Hall - the iron and glass barrel beside the auditorium - is open in the daytime and worth walking into whether or not you have a ticket.
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Data is compiled from public sources including OpenStreetMap, under the ODbL. Hours change often, so check before making a journey.