Al-Ahram Weekly
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Music and dance
3/25/2025 5:41:21 PM
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Music and dance
3/25/2025 1:52:06 PM
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Arts & Culture
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Music
3/11/2025 11:01:25 AM
Cairo and Alexandria Opera Houses have launched their Ramadan Evenings programme on Sunday, which mostly includes performances relative to the holy Muslim month by the likes of Medhat Saleh, Wust El-Balad, and El Hadra Ensemble, with Damanhour Opera launching soon.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
3/11/2025 11:00:38 AM
Egyptian Minister of Culture Ahmed Hanno has appointed conductor Alaa Abdel-Salam the new chairperson of the National Cultural Centre (the Cairo Opera House), succeeding Lamia Zayed.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Music and dance
3/2/2025 1:28:12 PM
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Life & Style
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City Lights
2/3/2025 3:40:41 PM
Japan has granted Egypt $1.17 million to upgrade the Cairo Opera House’s infrastructure and equipment and improve its theatre efficiency.
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Business
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Economy
1/26/2025 3:44:30 PM
Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Culture Ahmed Hanno, and Ambassador of Japan to Egypt Iwai Fumio witnessed the signing of an executive agreement for a $1.8 million grant Japan gave to Egypt to improve the facilities of the National Cultural Centre (the Cairo Opera House).
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
1/23/2025 6:40:50 PM
Iraqi musician Naseer Shamma is holding a solo exhibition titled Quarter Tone to connect his passion for music with his interest in painting at the Cairo Opera House grounds (21 January - 1 February).
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Music and dance
1/21/2025 8:51:38 PM
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Arts & Culture
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Music
1/17/2025 7:06:39 PM
Artists representing Cairo Opera House will participate in a special concert commemorating the 50th death anniversary of Um Kalthoum on 2 February at the Paris Philharmonic Hall (Philharmonie de Paris), France.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/23/2024 3:58:59 PM
The Nutcracker ballet is known to return to international stages at Christmas time; as such, it will be performed in Egypt by the Cairo Opera Ballet Company starting 26 December.
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Business
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Economy
12/18/2024 3:21:05 PM
Japan has granted Egypt $230 million to support the national budget and develop the private sector, along with $3.5 million for the renovation of the Cairo Opera House and the expansion of agricultural mechanization to benefit farmers, the Ministry of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation announced on Wednesday.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
11/23/2024 1:14:27 PM
During the closing ceremony of the 45th Cairo International Film Festival, held on Friday, 22 November, at the Cairo Opera House, the winners in each competitive category were announced. The CIFF also revealed special prizes awarded to numerous films.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
11/17/2024 5:23:00 PM
The 45th Cairo International Film Festival's (CIFF) opening ceremony, held Tuesday at the Cairo Opera House's main hall, was strongly focused on Palestine.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
10/2/2024 7:59:41 PM
At the closing concert of Korea Culture Week, the Korean ambassador disclosed that the embassy plans to organize a series of events next year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Egypt and Korea.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Music and dance
10/1/2024 8:27:22 PM
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
9/17/2024 11:26:05 PM
Born on 19 October 1937, Tarek Ali Hassan wore many hats. A practising physician, as a professor of medicine at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, he reached the post Head of the Endocrinology Department. He skillfully juggled his medical responsibilities with his deep involvement in arts and music in particular, serving as one of the first few chairmen of the Cairo Opera House.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
9/9/2024 9:32:44 PM
Artist, professor of medicine, and former chairman of the Cairo Opera House, Tarek Ali Hassan died early Sunday at age 87.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Music and dance
9/5/2024 9:02:00 PM
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Arts & Culture
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Music
8/21/2024 5:39:38 PM
The Cairo Opera House appointed Egyptian composer and conductor Mohamed Saad Basha as the Cairo Opera Orchestra's principal conductor and artistic director.
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