The Royal Opera House – a cultural icon!

The Royal Opera House, Mumbai, India commemorates 110-years of existence. Team IAnD revisits its spectacular restoration and conservation by Architect Abha Narain Lambah... The exalted theatre, designed by Maurice E Bandmann and Jehangir Framji Karaka with an aim to create a space for live performances held its first performance on 16th October 1911, to coincide with the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay. Ceding to the rise of cinema, the theatre eventually transformed into a single-screen cinema house, and underwent massive renovations, until its ultimate closure in the 1990s. Archival photos from Territorials in India have aided […]