On 16 November at the Cairo Opera House, Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kristian Alexander opened the concert with Le Tombeau de Couperin (The Tomb of Couperin) by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937).
Despite its title and the dedication of the (...)
Preceding the main performance celebrating the new Cairo Opera House's 25th anniversary, the Children's Choir led by Nadia Abdel Aziz performed patriotic and birthday songs in the Main Hall foyer. In the same moment, festive fireworks were set off (...)
Cairo Symphony Orchestra gave an inspiring concert on Saturday 5 October, conducted by Hisham Gabr and joined by guest pianist Marouan Benabdallah, featuring works by Omar Khairat, Saint-Saëns and Beethoven
On Saturday 5 October, the Cairo Symphony (...)
On 24 September the new ballet season at Cairo Opera House kicked off, to the great relief of art lovers after several months of political turbulence.
The Cairo Opera Ballet Company gave three consecutive performances of Zorba, with music by Mikis (...)
A concert was held on 26 May at Cairo Opera House to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and pedagogue Lajtha László (1892- 1963).
The tribute concert was held under the auspices of the Cultural (...)
Cairo Symphony conducted by Hisham Gabr with cello soloist Ayman El-Hanbouly, took the Cairo and Alexandria audience on a journey through Romantic Europe with works from Rossini, Saint-Saëns and Sibelius
On May 18, yet another delightful concert was (...)
On Thursday, 1 November in Cairo and 2 November in Alexandria, the Prague Chamber Orchestra conducted by Ahmed El-Saedi, gave mesperising concerts; walking the listeners through compositions by Mozart, Beethoven, Prokofiev and Dvoràk.
Founded in (...)
The Cairo Opera Ballet Company presents three short modern ballets to music by Piazzolla, Brahms and Ravel. The première took place on Thursday May 17, attracting a large audience and will continue until 23 May
Between 17 and 23 May, the Cairo Opera (...)
On that full moon's night, the performance of ‘Rue Lepsius', a Greek musical show, would have been perfectly suited for an open air Greek theatre of old. The enjoyment, however, was no less at the Cairo Opera House's Main Hall stage on 14 (...)
The concert at the Cairo Opera House Main Hall included Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, featuring soloist Ayman El Hanbouly, and Nicolai Rimsky Korsakov's Scheherazade Symphonic Suite.
“The saddest songs are the most beautiful,” (...)
On 2 April, the audience of the Cairo Opera House enjoyed a marvellous concert by the Cairo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hisham Gabr and featuring soloists Basma Abdel-Rahim (violin) and Kamel Salah el Din (cello)
Johannes Brahms (1883- 1897) is (...)
Thinking it over, it's not as strange as it looks. While rooted in classical Arabic music, Naseer Shamma, the oud virtuoso, composer and founder of Beit Al-Oud Al-Arabi (The Arabian Oud House) is a free spirit, and aninnovative, open and forceful (...)
On Monday 21 March, harpist Mona Wassef indulged the small - alas -audience at Cairo Opera House, Small Hall, with a colourful programme. She offered a journey through Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionist and Jazz music, introducing some of (...)
First, attitudes in Egypt vary greatly, beginning with “dancing is forbidden by religion” through to moderate and then liberal thinking. However, in private ballet schools, beginners' classes abound with little girls. But the number of youngsters (...)
Fantasy, creativity, humour and musical talents made this unique concert a refreshing and energising start to the New Year.
On Saturday, 1 January, the audience at Cairo Opera House witnessed a remarkable event: The 12 Pianists. The concert will (...)