The future of the Royal Opera House in Valletta has been debated ever since its bombing and destruction during World War II, with many wondering if it should be completely restored. Now a Maltese ...

The architect of the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden, Edward Middleton Barry, was the very same architect who designed The Valletta Royal Opera House – built in 1866, destroyed by ...

Ruins of Royal Opera House in Valletta, Malta, 1942. Chronicle/Alamy . Then World War II started and Malta quickly became a target. First it was the Italians who turned their guns on the island.

Results will be released in a few weeks for a public survey about whether Valletta's Royal Opera House should be roofed. The survey is considering three different options which reflect the various ...

The Royal Opera House was inaugurated in 1866, exactly 10 years after the Covent Garden theatre had burned down. It was this fire that led Barry to redesign a new theatre, based on Milan’s La Scala, ...

Winding streets lead you to the remains of the 19th-century Royal Opera House, ... How to spend a day in Valletta, Malta's baroque, harbourside city. TRAVEL.

Malta's citizens are up in arms over plans to rebuild the centre of their historic capital, which was bombed during World War Two. On the evening of Tuesday, April 7, 1942 the Royal Opera Theatre ...

Just over three hours away from the UK, Valletta is the ideal place to spend 72 hours in Malta On a peninsula just 1km by 600m, enclosed in towering bastion walls and surrounded by clear blue ...