The King Fahd Cultural Center witnessed the performance of Zarqa Al Yamamah opera, the first Saudi operatic work with an international flavor, the Saudi Press Agency said on Friday. The opera summons the history of defunct nations, to study the reasons for their demise, and provides an interpretation of one of the ancient legends in the Arabian Peninsula.
The Saudi Theater and Performing Arts Commission has organized an official announcement ceremony at Goldsmiths Hall in London to launch production operations for the first and largest Arab show, "Zarqa Al-Yamama" Opera. The ceremony was held on Friday under the patronage of Minister of Culture Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan, who is the Commission’s chairman of the board of directors. The Zarqa al-Yamamah Opera is set to begin in Riyadh in mid-April and extend to multiple local and international performances.
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