Royal Opera House [Valletta, MT]
type: Item
label: Royal Opera House (La Valletta) @it
label: Ópera real de La Valeta @es
description: Theatre building in Valletta, Malta
description: operagebouw in Valletta, Malta @nl
alternative label: Royal Opera House
EUTA building identifier: 2489
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Malta
City: Valletta
GPS: Point(14.5103 35.8964)
Wikidata source: Q576808
opening date: 1866-05-25T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 1295
Web: main.aspx
Redevelopment date: 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fires in Theatres id: 105
Burnt down date: 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1873-05-25T00:00:00Z
Theaterbrande Id: 330
Erinnerungen aus dem Leben id: 764
Wikidata instance: Q43229
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Carthalia ID: 478
Modern Opera Houses ID: 387
Building date: 1867-01-01T00:00:00Z
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built 1862-1866 by Edward Middleton Barry. 1095 seats. Opened 9 Oct 1866 with Vincenzo Bellini's opera I Puritani. Destroyed by a fire on 25 May 1873. Rebuilt 1873-1877. Re-opened 11 Oct 1877 with Verdi's Aida. Destroyed by bombs on 7 Apr 1942. Several post-war plans to rebuild the theatre were unsuccessful. 2008-2013 rebuilt by Renzo Piano as an open-air theatre named Pjazza Teatru Rjal.