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Redevelopment Of The Royal Opera House

Question A – Then and Now

The Redevelopment project of the Royal was regarded as a mixture of success and failure. Seven years after the completion of the project, the operation of the ROH appears to be very successful. Assess what has changed between 1999 and 2007, and how the earlier problems have been resolved. Consider critically whether all is now well.

Introduction

The problems and issues surrounding the Royal Opera House are complex in nature. This report aims to put some sense into this complexity and critically evaluate to what extent the redevelopment in the late 1990’s was a success or failure. We will first systematically look at the recent history of the ROH and its problems, then we will look at how these problems were viewed and solved by major stakeholders, finally we will assess critically how successful the changes have been.

Reavill’s work will be used where a total of 4 reports that were published during and after development work at the ROH. Of significant interest are the following papers:

• ‘The Problems of the Lyric theatres in London – A Stakeholder view’
• ‘The Management problems of London’s Royal Opera House- The Final Act’

The 1st was published just before the opening while the 2nd only two seasons after.
Along with His work general information regarding the ROH available publicly on the Internet or in Journals will be used extensively.

This report is not an avenue to merely provide facts and information, rather is will analyse and evaluate ROH’s problems and whether they were ultimately solved or not albeit within a limited framework.

Difficulty or Mess?

Were the Problems associated with the ROH and in particular it’s construction difficulties or was it a mess. The difference between difficulties and messes are outlined below and as they are different in nature, they require different approaches and will provide different results.

Difficulty Mess
Bounded Unbounded
Limited Timescale Long, uncertain...