It is a twin phoenix, rising physically from the ruins of a showground and symbolically from the ashes of the old Cairo Opera in the heart of the city, destroyed by fire 17 years ago.

Footnotes The Cairo Opera has canceled this year's performance of Verdi's "Aida" at the Pyramids, citing a conflict with parliamentary elections starting on Oct. 18 and associated concerns about security.

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Highlights of her career include performances with the Paris Opera, the Teatro Real in Madrid, Cairo Opera, and the Royal Shakespeare Company in London.

Performances by the Cairo Opera and the Cairo Symphony Orchestra tend to be held in its Main Hall while recitals, theatre and dance from Egypt and the rest of the world in its Small Hall, Gomhouria Theatre, Arab Music Institute and an open-air theatre.

Arena di Verona June 25 to Aug. 29 Verdi's "Aida," first performed at the Cairo Opera in 1871, opened Verona's first festival in 1913 and opens and closes the festival this year.

In April 1871 Paul Draneht, the general manager of the Cairo Opera, negotiated with Sasse about the possibility of appearing as Amneris in the world premiere of Verdi's new opera Aida which was to be performed in Cairo later that year.

She became the official choreographer of the Cairo Opera, for opera and operetta productions.

He first studied in his native city with Ettore Cordone and made his debut at the Cairo Opera in 1945, as Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana.