The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall in South Kensington, London. It has a capacity of up to 5,272 seats. Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. The Hall was originally supposed to have been called the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences, but the name was changed to the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences by Queen Victoria upon laying the Hall's foundation stone in 1867, in memory of her husband consort, Prince Albert who had died six years earlier.

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall in South Kensington, London. It has a capacity of up to 5,272 seats. Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. The Hall was originally supposed to have been called the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences, but the name was changed to the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences by Queen Victoria upon laying the Hall's foundation stone in 1867, in memory of her husband consort, Prince Albert who had died six years earlier. Stock Photo

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The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall in South Kensington, London. It has a capacity of up to 5, 272 seats. Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. The Hall was originally supposed to have been called the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences, but the name was changed to the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences by Queen Victoria upon laying the Hall's foundation stone in 1867, in memory of her husband consort, Prince Albert who had died six years earlier.

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