Bold as Brass
A very exciting New Series of Evening Chamber Music Concerts at the Royal Opera, House of Musical Arts opened on
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Author: GEORGINA BENISON
Lavish costumes, superb scenery made Mughal e Azam a rousing success
Mughal-e-Azam is based on historical facts during the reign of Emperor Akbar in 16th century India. But rather than being
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Leo Nucci: An unassumming artist who gets joy in entertaining others
Last Friday, Orchestre Philharmonic de Monte-Carlo took a break from its role in ‘La Bohème’ and moved onto the concert
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La Bohème: Emotionally poignant and a musical and visual success
The World Première of the Royal Opera House Muscat and Opera de Monté-Carlo’s coproduction of Puccini’s “La Bohème” took place
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Omani French Association to continue strengthening community ties
The Omani French Friendship Association fourth season reception held on Wednesday, September 25, 2019, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Qurum
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An intensive Big Brass weekend
Last weekend around forty brass students from three international schools in the capital attended a Big Brass weekend at The
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‘La Bohème’ understudies shine in lunchtime taster
Ahead of their performance of ‘La Bohème’ at the weekend, the understudies for the Principals of Opéra de Monte-Carlo gave
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Marcel Khalifé created his own global sound world
Marcel Khalifé and his talented Al Mayadine Ensemble of international musicians gave an outstanding performance at the sold-out Royal Opera,
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A bouquet of beautiful Italian overtures illuminates Muscat’s newest concert venue
The second concert given by the Filarmonica della Scala under the internationally acclaimed Korean conductor, Myung-Whun Chung on their recent
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Russian romantics regale audience at the ‘House of Musical Arts’
The first of a brace of concerts by Filarmonica Della Scala, conducted by celebrated pianist and internationally acclaimed Korean maestro,
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The triumph of music in achieving universal liberty and joy
On the shoulders of the current run of ‘Carmen’, The Royal Opera House Muscat mounted a stunning performance of Beethoven’s
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‘Subtle yet traditional’ Carmen opens new ROHM opera season
The Royal Opera House, Muscat opened the 2019/20 season with the Teatro Colón Buenos Aires 2011 production of Bizet’s opera,
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Fiery Gypsies lunchtime music
And they’re off! The free opening lunch music of the season in the Opera Galleria, subtitled, ‘Fiery Gypsies’, kicked off
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An amazing family day for very special youngsters
May is World Down Syndrome Awareness month, and here in Oman there is a need for national awareness as a
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Beautiful music underpins Arab Opera success
The 2018/9 season at the Royal Opera House Muscat closed in style on Saturday with a uniquely Arabic creation. An
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G-Cubes: Raising global awareness on environmental pollution
Harald Reichenbach is a man with a mission; an artist raising awareness about pollution of the world’s oceans. Harald —
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A Fire Engine in My Room: Theatre of the absurd comes to Qurum
We all know that Muscat rejoices in its diversity and multiculturalism, but few might imagine that a Persian Playwright in
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From Russia to Italy: A gala triumph of perfection
The evening of October 18 saw a celebration of the best of Russian and Italian music at the Royal Opera
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Our man in Havana’s inspiring jazz rocked the house
No one was exactly sure how Chucho Valdés’ concert would pan out at the Royal Opera House Muscat on Sunday.
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An extraordinary recital of the best classical Arab music
The last of ROHM’s Lunch Music series of the season took place at the Opera Galleria this weekend. It was
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First truly two-act opera in Arabic happening in May
The Royal Opera House Muscat will soon present the very first grand opera in Arabic, mounted by Opera Lebanon under
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