The Opera House will celebrate its 33rd anniversary with a
rich and varied artistic program including seven concerts across its various
theaters in Cairo, Alexandria and Damanhour at eight pm on Sunday.
Minister of Culture Enas Abdel Dayem congratulated the Opera
House, its president Magdy Saber and its staff, and called it one of the most
important artistic platforms in Egypt and the Arab world.
Abdel Dayem said that the Opera House is a major component
of Egypt’s soft forces and since its opening has enriched the nation’s creative
life, building bridges of artistic and cultural communication with different
countries. The planned celebrations will feature a variety of distinctive
artistry, Saber added.
In the Main Hall, a concert will be held by the Cairo Opera
Troupe under the supervision of its artistic director Iman Mostafa, the Cairo
Opera Orchestra, and the Cairo Opera House Choir. The concert will be directed
by Hazem Tayel, and will include excerpts from the many famous international
operas, including the Sicilian Vespers, Trovatore, Rigoletto.
It will also include an anthology of the opera Aida in its
first version presented in 1872 by Verdi, the Force of Destiny, the Gypsy
Princess operetta by Emmerich Kálmán, the Barber of Seville by Rossini and La
bohème by Puccini. A concert will also be held at the Fountain
Theater. The orchestra will be led by Maestro Mohamed al-Mougy and will
include a selection of famous compositions created by great composers performed
by Yasser Suleiman, Ahmed Effat, Sabreen al-Negily and Rehab Motawea.
On the Small Stage, the Cairo Opera Groups for Chamber Music
will play a number of international classical compositions that formed part of
the history of this art.
Al-Gomhouria Theatre will host a concert for the Salam
Choir, led by Maestro Wael Awad, affiliated with the National Center for Child
Culture, which includes a group of traditional and contemporary musical and
lyrical works.
Coming on the Arab Music Institute stage and as part of a
series of “Kolthoumiat” concerts, the Abdel Halim Nuwayra ensemble led by
Maestro Salah Ghobashy will present several lyrical masterpieces from Umm
Kulthum, performed by Rehab Omar and Ghada Adam.
On Sayed Darwish’s theaters of Alexandria and Damanhour
opera houses the Talents Development Center will present two concerts for children
choirs, which include a constellation of famous lyrical compositions.
Source: Egypt Independent