King’s Theatre, London

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King’s Theatre, London was a prominent 18th- and 19th-century opera house in London, renowned for staging Italian opera and attracting leading composers and performers of the era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera house
theatre building
alsoKnownAs King’s Theatre, Haymarket
surface form: King’s Theatre in the Haymarket

King’s Theatre, London
surface form: The King’s Theatre
architecturalStyle 18th-century theatre architecture
artForm classical music
opera
audienceType aristocratic audience
wealthy London society
category Former theatres in London
Historic theatres in London
Opera houses in the United Kingdom
continent Europe
country United Kingdom
culturalSignificance important venue in London’s musical life in the 18th and 19th centuries
major centre for Italian opera in London
eraOfProminence 18th century
19th century
hasFunction public entertainment venue
historicalPeriod Georgian era
Regency era
Victorian era
influenced development of opera in London
reception of Italian opera in Britain
languageOfPerformance Italian
locatedIn City of Westminster
England
London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
location Haymarket, London
notableFor hosting leading composers of the 18th and 19th centuries
hosting leading opera singers of the 18th and 19th centuries
staging Italian opera
notableGenre bel canto opera
opera seria
partOf West End theatre district
patronage British aristocracy
predecessorOf Her Majesty's Theatre, London
surface form: Her Majesty’s Theatre
primaryGenre Italian opera
servedAs principal home of Italian opera in London
usedFor concerts
opera performances
theatrical performances

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Johann Christian Bach workedAt King’s Theatre, London
Giulio Cesare premierePlace King’s Theatre, London
this entity surface form: King's Theatre, London
George Frideric Handel’s oratorio "Belshazzar" premierePlace King’s Theatre, London
subject surface form: Belshazzar
Serse premierePlace King’s Theatre, London
this entity surface form: King's Theatre, London
Charles Burney employer King’s Theatre, London
this entity surface form: King's Theatre, London
King’s Theatre, London alsoKnownAs King’s Theatre, London
this entity surface form: The King’s Theatre