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'The Royal College of Music' - 'Benjamin Britten International Opera School' - 'Britten Theatre' - RCM Kensington, London

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An Opera House at one of the worlds most prestigous Music Schools the Royal College of Music in London, it was designed by Sir Hugh Casson and is named after Benjamin Britten, a former student of the RCM. In the style of an Italian opera theatre with proscenium arch, orchestra pit. The only custom built opera house to be built in London since the war, the Britten Theatre is the beating heart of the Benjamin Britten International Opera School, one of the foremost training centres for opera singers in the world. The staff and students form a tight-knit community in which the overall aims are clear: striving for the highest standards, professional advancement and the gaining of much needed experience. To this end the School mounts up to three fully staged productions a year, with staged scenes often performed at intervals in between.[[1]] [[2]]

I suggest the Britten Theatre a 400 hundred seat purpose built Opera House in London and the only purpose built opera house in London since WW2 be considered as an addition to the list of UK Opera Houses and venues.