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Inaugurated at the Egyptian National
Cultural Center in 1988, October 10th, by Hosni Mubarak, the
Cairo Opera House came to complete the empty place let by Egypt
capital`s first Opera House that burned in 1971. Cairo Opera
House is placed on the Gezira Island and the Nile Gallery, the
Museum of Egyptian Modern Arts, the El Hangar Theatre and the
Plastic Artists' Association are around it. The money for
National Cultural Center of Egypt was a gift from Japan, due to
the old friendship that ties the two countries. So, the Japan
International Co-operation Agency helped the Egypt to arise this
place of Egyptian cultural diversity and richness. The Cairo
Opera House construction started in 1985 and ended 3 years
later, being an Islamic architecture masterpiece. Its design
incorporates Pharaonic and Islamic motifs and it is considered a
postmodernist work of art. Having a very complex audio and
visual system and the best technical facilities from Africa not
only, Cairo Opera House has a principal hall with a capacity of
1200 seats, a place with 500 seats as well as a theatre with 600
seats. More, a vast historic papers collection regarding the
burned opera house can be seen at the Opera Museum. Cairo Opera
House promotes the National Cultural Center affiliated
companies, such as: the Cairo Opera Children's Choir, Cairo’s
Ballet Company, Cairo Symphony Orchestra, the Arabic Music
Ensemble, and the Cairo’s Opera Company. Ballet, opera and
international music are performed here all the time and although
the tickets costs more than in another operas. If you intend to
be part of the Cairo Opera House representations, you should
make a schedule before since a lot of people want to do the same
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