Opera

The Arab countries did not know the art of opera until the nineteenth century, when the cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Beirut, Damascus, and Aleppo witnessed the arrival of Italian and French troupes presenting musical plays. Trips to Rome and other European cities also made it possible to attend some operatic performances from the musical theater, which prompted Maroun Naqqash, who frequented Italy, to undertake his pioneering theatrical adventure and introduce singing into it for aesthetic ...