We publish the details of the Egyptian Opera House 2024 harvest
With the support and assistance of Dr. Ahmed Fouad Hanno, Minister of Culture, the Egyptian Opera House, headed by Dr. Lamia Zayed, continued implementing plans to develop collective awareness and raise conscience through creativity. Over the course of the year 2024, all of its theaters in Cairo, Alexandria, and Damanhour were illuminated with rich and diverse activities, the number of which reached 1,000 artistic events. Culturally, it was attended by more than a million Scenes.
170 concerts were held in the large theater, 213 concerts were held in the small theater, 95 concerts were held in the Republic Theater, 74 concerts were held on the open stage, 105 concerts were held at the Arab Music Institute and 13 A concert at the Nafoura Theater, and Sayed Darwish Theater hosted “Alexandria Opera” 142 concerts, and 59 concerts at Damanhour Opera.
Intellectual and cultural activity also included presenting intellectual and creative visions and issues through the cultural salon, poetry evenings, intellectual meetings, public seminars, The Cinema Club and the Opera Arts Club included 77 activities, in addition to 52 plastic arts exhibitions in the Salah Taher and Ziad halls. Bakir.
The year’s activities also included the 32nd session of the Al-Qalaa International Music and Singing Festival, which lasted 14 consecutive days and included 30 concerts held at the Al-Mahka Theater.
The 32nd session of the Arab Music Festival and Conference was also held and continued for 14 days in the opera theaters in Cairo and Alexandria. And Damanhour, with the participation of 115 artists, which included 47 concerts. 500 artists.
She continued that within the framework of cultural exchange A number of visiting foreign troupes were hosted between Egypt and the countries of the world, which presented various performances, including the “Hungary” Felidi Ballet troupe. , Dance with Shadow by the Greek National Ballet, Don Quixote by the Moscow Classical Ballet "Russia", Swan Lake by the St. Petersburg Classical Ballet "Russia", Li Nalce "Korea", Mascred Opera Concert "Denmark" , classical music "Turkey" , Sandeep Banerjee Band "India" , rebetiko concert “Greece”, Gobin Party and B-Boy Gamblerz and gugak music show “Korea”, Svars Strings “France”, pianist Martin Lisbaart “Austria”, Serbian Culture Week, Koto recital “Japan”. , Moscow Conservatory Quartet "Russia", Sheng Ensemble “China”, Insalsani “Colombia” Ensemble.
The President of the Egyptian Opera added that the Cairo Symphony Orchestra, under the supervision of the artistic director and main conductor, Maestro Ahmed Al-Saidi, performed this year 24 A diverse concert that included a group of the most famous international classical musical compositions, in addition to specific concert series of the greatest symphonies and the most important works of the century. The twentieth.
In addition to the works of Egyptian composers in the classical form, through performances of Arab trends, a series of concerts were also created under the title of lyric music and another called the Great Concerto. 
The President of the Egyptian Opera continued that the Cairo Opera Troupe presented 4 operas, reproducing the opera Carmen and conducted by Maestro Nader Abbasi, the supervisor. The technician of the artistic troupes and the main conductor of the opera house, along with the clowns, rural chivalry, the elixir of love, in addition to the gala concerts that included excerpts from the most famous international, Western and Neapolitan operas and musical plays and compositions for various occasions, including Valentine’s Day, Christmas and the New Year, during which all the singers in the band and the owner participated. A number of them are the Cairo Opera Orchestra.
She added that the Opera Ballet Troupe Cairo, under the supervision of ballerina Armenia Kamel, presented 5 shows: Cleopatra, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, One Thousand and One Nights, and The Nutcracker.
The modern theater dance group also presented 3 shows. It is the desert of Shadi Abdel Salam after an absence of 27 years, designed and directed by its artistic director, Walid Aouni, Ahmose, designed and directed by Mahmoud Mostafa, and the new production, The Other Dimension, designed and directed by Munadil. Antar. Hamed.
The Cairo Opera Orchestra also shined with 29 concerts including Excerpts from the most famous international musical compositions. It also accompanied ballet and opera performances and birthday and Christmas celebrations, in addition to implementing the Cole Orchestra project, which aims to remove geographical barriers through performances of a group of instruments belonging to different time periods and creating concerts for authors of dramatic music.
The Alexandria Opera String Orchestra also presented 13 concerts that included a group of international works by major composers and hosted a group of musicians. And the leaders.
Dr. Lamia Zayed explained that the opera continued to implement the paths of reviving the Arab music heritage, as Arab music groups presented more than 104 regular concerts, including 14 for the Abdel Halim Nowira Arab Music Ensemble, 14 for the Arab National Music Ensemble, 15 for the Arab Heritage Music Ensemble, 15 for the Alexandria Opera Ensemble for Music and Singing. Al-Arabi, 15 for the religious singing group, in addition to the performances of the opera’s children’s choir concerts, which witnessed the commemoration of symbols and figures of speech, singing and composition in Egypt and the Arab world, in addition to rare works of stanzas, taqatiqs, roles and monologues, with the continuation of the Wahhabiyat and Kulthumiyat series, and the nights that were dedicated to the works of the greats, including Muhammad Al-Muji. Baligh Hamdy and others. The various concerts included a group of melodies and works by music giants And the singing.
The Opera House, in cooperation with the star Medhat Saleh and the United Media Services Company, continued implementing the Professors Project, which aims to reformulate the Arab music heritage with new orchestral arrangements while preserving Its unique character.
The opera also launched, in cooperation with the star Ali El Haggar, the artistic project 100 Years of Singing, which includes a series of performances that It monitors the history of Arabic music and singing and its development during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, while dealing with the most important musicians during that period in a form that combines singing with drama and show. It aims to confirm Egypt’s artistic leadership in this field, introduce new generations to the heritage, and express the social and political transformations that society went through in various periods. Time period through music and singing.
The opera also celebrated the holy month of Ramadan with a group of artistic and cultural events hosted by the various opera theatres. It included 26 musical and singing performances of a spiritual and religious nature and evening parties in cooperation with the embassies of Arab and Islamic countries, in addition to the summer festival activities that were held during the months of July and August with the participation of an elite group of stars and distinguished singing and musical groups.
174 musical and lyrical recitals were held for a group of artists and bands in Cairo, Alexandria and Damanhour. The Talent Development Center presented 38 concerts for its promising students in its various classes that include Eastern and Western operatic singing, Suzuki, ballet, clacket, oud, violin, piano, flute, guitar, qanun, solfege, oriental violin and percussion, in addition to a drawing class in addition to classes. People with special abilities.
This is in addition to many international participations for his students. The most notable ones include the Jerash International Festival, the International Festival for Children of Peace in Morocco, and the message of peace delivered by the talented Habiba Walid in the Moroccan Parliament, as well as the selection of Zeina Ahmed Shaaban as Egypt’s ambassador for Children of Peace at the festival.
During the year, the Opera House hosted many international festivals, including the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater, Our Children International Forum for Arts for People with Special Abilities, the Arab Theater Festival, and Cairo Short Film Festival, celebration of International Arabic Language Day, Alexandria Film Festival for Short Film, Cairo International Monodrama Festival, National Egyptian Theater Festival, Cairo International Film Festival, and others.
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