Portal:Opera/Selected picture/24

The Royal College of Music in London. Founded by Royal Charter in 1882, its first director was Sir George Grove. Amongst the opera singers who have trained or taught there are Joan Sutherland, Thomas Allen, Gwyneth Jones, Heddle Nash, Clara Butt, and Jenny Lind. The current building was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield in the Flemish Mannerist style and built in 1894.