The Royal Opera House was conceived in 1908 by Maurice Bandmann, a famous entertainer from Calcutta, and Jehangir Framji Karaka, who headed a coal brokers’ firm. The Maharaja took the property on a 999-year lease and attempted to run it as a self-sustaining commercial enterprise. Inaugurated in 1912, the Opera House was acquired in 1952 by Maharaja Bhojrajsingh of Gondal. In 2017, it received the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation. The private event was organised by Opera House owners Maharaja Joytendrasinhji Jadeja and Maharani Kumud Kumari Jadeja of Gondal, Gujarat. On 21 October 2016, after a gap of 23 years, Royal Opera House hosted performance of Bombay-born British soprano Patricia Rozario and her husband, pianist Mark Troop. The Opera House area has many jewellery, metal and IT companies. The area around the theatre is also referred to as the Opera House in Mumbai.
The exterior restoration was completed in 2011 and restoration was completed in 2016. However, after years of neglect following its closure in 1993, restoration work started in 2008. In the 1990s, with the growing popularity of cable television, cinema houses in Mumbai began to close down due to a lack of clientele.
In the 1980s, as home video players began to get popular, cinema houses in Mumbai started to register losses. It became a popular venue for Bollywood film shows in the 1970s and 80s. Gradually, the entire are near it began being called "Opera house", and the building began hosting plays, dramas, music concernts and gradually, Hindi films. Work on the Royal Opera House was completed in 1912, although additions were made to the building up to 1915. Situated on Charni Road, near Girgaum Chowpatti beach, the adjective ‘Royal’ was prefixed to ‘Opera House’ to reflect the fact that its foundation stone was laid during the British Raj in 1909, and King George V inaugurated the building in 1911 while the building was still under construction. Royal Opera House, more commonly known simply as Opera House in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), is India's only surviving opera house. Maurice Bandmann & Jehangir Framji Karaka
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