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The Opera of Alexandria
The Sayed Darwish Theater and the Alexandria Opera House was built in 1918 and opened in 1921 and renamed (Teatro Muhammad Ali), and the old name still exists in the ingredients list. Alexandria Opera House also bears the name of the artist of the city of Alexandria, "Sayed Darwish" and that Since 1962 AD as appreciation for his modernization in the field of music in Egypt. The Alexandria Opera House or the Sayed Darwish Theater is today the main theater for festivities in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast.
And it is considered the second opera house in Egypt (in terms of construction) after the old Khedive opera, which had been set on fire in 1971. After the cultural lighthouse for a period of 102 years it was built and opened and returned in 1988 to another. location, and designed on the basis of ion-style architecture, the French mechanical "George Park" whose architectural design inspired the design of the Vienna Opera House in Austria, and the Odeon Theater in Paris, as Btzaanh himself decorated Classical European character as existed in Egypt in the early twentieth century. And many Egyptian and European theatrical and musical performances were presented. The first theatrical performance was Shahrazad's performance on June 30, 1921.
The building was listed in the city's monuments in 1999 and the house was remodeled and maintained to the particular style of the building and opened in January 2004.
The large theater can accommodate 1000 seats and its total area is 4200 square meters. The theater is located on Al-Hurriyah Street (Fouad Street) in the area of Raml Station
It was presented to the court of many Egyptian and international bands Kourkstra Cairo Alexandria Chamber Opera Symphony Orchestra, Alexandria Opera Band musician and Arab Arab nationalist song and band band and Darwen band Philharmonia Orchestra, piano, contemporary dance and folk bands in Egypt, and international access to opera, as well as its role The World Opera is officially a hit.

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