PROGRAMME: Summer Festival at the opera houses in Cairo, Alexandria, Damanhour

Ahram Online , Tuesday 12 Jul 2016

Summer activities organised by the Cairo Opera House will reach out to three cities -- Cairo, Alexandria and Damanhour -- between 15 July and 31 August

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This year, summer music activities organised by the Cairo Opera House will take place in venues in Cairo, Alexandria and Damanhour. The events include returning Egyptian musicians that can be enjoyed by audiences of all generations. 

Check below for each city's programme:

Cairo: 15-19 July, 26 July, 13-31 August

Cairo Opera House, open air theatre, Zamalek, 8pm

Friday 15 July
Said El Artist

Sunday 17 July
Djuki Mala troupe from Australia

Monday 18 July
Eftekasat band

Tuesday 19 July
Glass Onion band

Tuesday 26 July
Jazz band

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Saturday 13 August
Boghdadi jazz band

Sunday 14 August
Spanish dance troupe

Monday 15 August
Fouad and Mounir concert (piano and violin)

Friday 19 August
Mahmoud Darwish and his troupe

Saturday 20 August
Mounir Nasr Eldin

Sunday 21 August
Hassan Sharara (violin) and Emad Hamdy (guitar)

Friday 26 August
Basata band

Sunday 28 August
Harpist Manal Mohie Eldin

Wednesday 31 August
Iman Shaker and her troupe

Manal Mohei Eldin
Manal Mohei Eldin (photo: Ahmed El-Koussi)

Alexandria: 27 July - 6 August 

Alexandria Opera House (Sayed Darwish Theatre), Alexandria, 8pm

Wednesday 27 July
Cairo Opera Company and Cairo Opera Orchestra conducted by Mohamed Saad Basha

Thursday 28 July
Iman Bahr Darwish

Friday 29 July
Marimba player Nesma Abdel Aziz

Saturday 30 July
Amdan El-Nour troupe

Sunday 31 July
Abu Shaar band

Tuesday 2 August
The Egyptian Mawawleya

Wednesday 3 August
Mohamed Mohsen

Thursday 4 August
Khaled Selim

Friday 5 August
Ghalia Benali

Saturday 6 August
Al Ajial band

Nesma Abdel Aziz
Nesma Abdel Aziz

Damanhour: 29 July - 6 August

Damanhour Opera House, 8pm

Friday 29 July
Ahmed Naser

Saturday 30 July
Abu Shaar band

Tuesday 2 August
Mohamed Mohsen

Wednesday 3 August
Khaled Selim

Friday 5 August
Iman Bahr Darwish

Saturday 6 August
Ghalia Benali

Eftekasat
Eftekasat

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