The theater (also Alexandria Opera House or Saïd Darwich Theater ) in Alexandria was built from 1918 to 1921 in the style of eclecticism based on designs by the French architect Georges Parcq . It is now called the Theater Mohamed Aly , originally the theater was named after Saïd Darwich .
The Cairo Opera House ( Arabic , DMG Dār al-Ūbirā al-Miṣriyya ) belongs to the Cairo National Cultural Center and is the most important theater in the Egyptian capital. It is located in the southern part of the Nile island of Gezira in the Zamalek district , not far from downtown Cairo, and is home to several music, theater and dance ensembles.
The Khedivial Opera House , also known as the “Royal Opera”, opened on November 1, 1869 in Cairo. It was built by order of Ismail Pasha , the Khedive ( viceroy ) of the Ottoman province of Egypt , to celebrate the Suez Canal , which opened in the same year . The first work to be performed was Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi . In the early morning hours of October 28, 1971, the building was completely destroyed by fire. In 1988, the Cairo Opera House opened a new opera house.
The Théâtre National Algérien Mahieddine Bachtarzi , formerly known as the Algiers Opera House , is a historic building in Algiers. It was designed by the architects Charles Frédéric Chassériau and Justin Ponsard in the baroque revival style and built from 1850 to 1853. After it caught fire in 1883, it was rebuilt.
The Joburg Theater , formerly known as the Johannesburg Civic Theater , is a theater building in the Braamfontein district of Johannesburg. Built in 1962, it was renovated in the late 1980s, reopened under a new name in the early 1990s and 2009. Broadway musicals as well as own productions are performed here.
The Cape Town Opera (CTO) in Cape Town, South Africa, is the only opera house in Africa that operates all year round. With the Voice of the Nation Ensemble, the CTO has a world-renowned choir.
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