The third theatre on the site (the previous ones burned down in 1808 and 1856). Designed by Edward Middleton Barry and built by the Lucas brothers. The theatre opened on May 15 with a performance of Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots and became the Royal Opera House in 1892.
From the Illustrated London News, May 15, 1858.
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Nelson’s Column under construction in Trafalgar Square, 1844
Salted paper print by William Henry Fox Talbot, April 1844
Image courtesy of the Getty Trust’s Open Content Program
