A first look inside Dubai Opera ahead of its grand opening. Dubai's first opera house, Dubai Opera, set to raise curtains on Wednesday.
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00:00The city's first opera house, Dubai Opera, will open its doors to the public on Wednesday
00:10with Spanish tenor Placido Domingo performing a sold-out show.
00:14Located in the Opera District in downtown Dubai, Dubai Opera is a 2,000-seat multi-format
00:19venue for opera, theater, concerts, art exhibitions, orchestra, film, sports events, and seasonal
00:25programs.
00:26The venue features state-of-the-art audiovisual technology and support systems.
00:38The cast of The Barber of Seville, an Italian opera that will hit the stage in Dubai on
00:42September 2 and 4, was doing a rehearsal during a media tour of the venue.
00:57After Domingo opens the house on Wednesday night, other big-name performances will follow,
01:03including French opera The Pearl Fishers on September 1 and 3, the romantic ballet
01:07Giselle on September 16, José Carrera's final world tour, A Life in Music, in October,
01:12and Broadway shows Les Misérables in November and West Side Story in February.
01:17Irish Idun Beliesa for tabloid.