Building    From 1858 

Royal Opera House

Categories: Dance, Music / songs

Home of the Royal Ballet and Royal Opera. Originally built in 1732 as a playhouse. The current building is the third on the site, following the fires that destroyed the first two.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Royal Opera House

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Royal Opera House extension

This foundation stone commemorates the opening of the extension to the Royal ...

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Dame Margot Fonteyn

Dame Margot Fonteyn

Prima ballerina assoluta.  Born Reigate as Margaret Hookham. As a child lived for a time in Shanghai. Her stage name was based on "Fontes" the name of her mother's paternal family, wealthy Brazilia...

Person, Dance, Seriously Famous, China/Hong Kong, Panama

3 memorials
Sadler's Wells Theatres

Sadler's Wells Theatres

From Sadler's Wells: Sadler’s Wells began with "the discovery of a mineral spring in 1683. Richard Sadler built a music house around the spring to rival the already fashionable Tunbridge and Epsom ...

Group, Dance, Theatre

2 memorials
Sir Frederick Ashton

Sir Frederick Ashton

Ballet dancer and choreographer. Born Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He studied under Léonide Massine and Marie Rambert, and was chief choreographer to Ninette de Valoi...

Person, Dance, Seriously Famous, Ecuador

1 memorial
Dame Marie Rambert

Dame Marie Rambert

Ballet dancer who had a great influence on ballet in Britain. Born Cyvia Ramberg in Poland. Arrived in England in 1914. Married Ashley Dukes in 1918, a marriage which lasted until his death. Founde...

Person, Dance, Poland

2 memorials

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John Birnie Philip

John Birnie Philip

John Birnie Philip was born on 23 November 1824 in London, the third son of the five children of William Philip (1781-1865)  and Elizabeth Philip née Rhind (b.1786). His father was a tailor and he ...

Person, Sculpture

61 memorials
Sir Charles Barry

Sir Charles Barry

Born in London. Architect of the Houses of Parliament, after the 1834 fire. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Father of the architect Charles Barry Jnr, engineer Wolfe-Barry and th...

Person, Architecture

5 memorials
St Clement's Church

St Clement's Church

N7, Westbourne Road, 76

The names are listed alphabetically but only by first letter of surname, possibly to make the late additions, of which there are 9, less ...

War dead | WW1
160 subjects commemorated
Flying Officer Victor Robert Bono

Flying Officer Victor Robert Bono

Victor Robert Bono was born on 16 January 1914 in San Francisco, California, USA, the son of Victor Franz Bono (1890-1975) and Thordis Pederson (1895-1991). He married Stanlee A. Data (b.1915) and...

Person, Armed Forces, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial
Cavalry Memorial - original position

Cavalry Memorial - original position

W1, Park Lane, Stanhope Gate

Go to the page for the memorial in its current position for the Inscription and all the Commemorated subjects, sculptor, etc. The archit...