First Saudi-penned opera opens in Riyadh
The first grand opera to be produced in Saudi Arabia has had its opening performance in Riyadh - part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's massively ambitious plans to shift the kingdom into a new era, economically and socially./ Zarqa Al Yamama is the story of a blue-eyed tribal matriarch with the gift of foreseeing the future in pre-Islamic Arabia./ Her predictions of imminent danger are ignored by her tribe - a story with a universal resonance according to Ivan Vukcevic, head of Arabian Opera. The company was set up in Switzerland to ...
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