Royal Theater, London: The Royal Opera House is an important opera house and performance art venue located in Covent Garden, central London. The building is often referred to simply as "Covent Garden". This is where the origin of the Royal Opera, the Royal Ballet, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera. For the first hundred years of use, this is mostly theater. A year later, Handel's first opera season begins. Many operas and oratorios were written specifically for the Covent Garden and were made available here