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This article is about the London opera house. For the Paris opera house associated with the premieres of operettas by Berlioz and Debussy , see Opéra-Comique . For the opera style, see Opéra Comique . The Opera Comique was a 19th-century opera house located in 2007 HISTORY The first production at the theatre was a musical play in 1871, based on a Molière work, and called ''The Doctor in Spite of Himself'', with music by Richard D'Oyly Carte , which was a failure. The theatre then turned to presenting French works in translation. The theatre was not popular with audiences, at first, partly because the public did not approve of its French name and its repertoire. The fact that the Parisian company, Comedie-Francaise, played there during the Franco-Prussian War did nothing to change that opinion. In 1873 another foreigner, Italian tragedienne Adelaide Ristori , appeared there. In November 1877, however, Carte returned to premiere ''; revivals of Gilbert's '' After All! ''; a ''Children's Pinafore'' (1878); '' In The Sulks '' (1880); and '' Uncle Samuel '' (1881). Once the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company left the theatre, its fortunes declined. Later productions includied farces and burlesque, such as ''Mother-In-Law'' (1885, by George R. Sims), which was paired with ''Vulcan'', by Rose and Harris. The Opera Comique was rebuilt in 1895 and closed in 1899 , to be demolished in 1902 when the maze of slums in the area was redeveloped to create Aldwych (named after old Wych Street ) and Kingsway . SEE ALSO REFERENCE EXTERNAL LINKS
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