Khedivial Opera House
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The Khedivial Opera House or Egyptian Royal Opera House was an opera house in Cairo, Egypt, the oldest opera house in all of Africa and the Middle East. It was inaugurated on 1 November 1869 and it bu
Modern Egypt, Khedivial Opera House, BAP 25178
The Khedivial Opera House.
Isma'il Pasha of Egypt
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Isma'il Pasha, also known as Ismail the Magnificent, was the Khedive of Egypt and ruler of Sudan from 1863 to 1879, when he was removed at the behest of Great Britain and France. Sharing the ambitious
Khedivial Opera House
…burned down on 28 October 1971, and was superseded by the Cairo Opera House on 10 October 1988. The opera house was built on the orders of the Khedive Ismail to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal. The Italian architect Pietro Avoscani (perhaps assisted by one Mario Rossi) designed the building. It seated…
Isma'il Pasha
Isma'il Pasha Statue in Alexandria, Egypt
Pavillion of the Gezirah Palace, commissioned by Khedive Isma'il to receive foreign leaders for the occasion of the inauguration of the Suez Canal. Among the events was the premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida.
"The ex-Khedive" As depicted by Théobald Chartran in Vanity Fair, May 1881