The stateliness and stature is
back in the iconic Royal Opera House
Mehroo Kotval
"Opera House!” calls out the bus conductor of the BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking). Opera House is a landmark, a prominent postal address. It is now quite glibly the Royal Opera House (ROH), restored to its original splendor of 1916 in its initial Baroque style – ornate, heavily decorated, curving lines and gilt — the only surviving opera house in India, today. Back in commission as an opera house after 50 years, 23 years after the last screening of a film. The advent of home theaters, video cassette recorders and videos seem to have been ROH’s death knell......