Posts Tagged ‘opera’

Dubai: New Opera House And Cultural Centre

Friday, June 6, 2008 17:10 No Comments

The famous architect, Zaha Hadid, shows her talent again by designing the new opera house and cultural centre for Dubai. It is a huge building, as with most that are in Dubai, and it is dune-shaped. It will be placed on an island off Dubai Creek and it will house the opera (2,500 seats), [...]

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Clowns can now return to Turkmenistan

Thursday, January 24, 2008 14:04 No Comments

If one of the reasons that you haven’t visited Turkmenistan till now was the fact that there are no clowns there then the following news will bring you joy.
7 years ago the late Saparmurat Niyazov forbid opera, ballet and circus in Turkmenistan saying that these things are not part of the Turkmen culture.
Today all those [...]

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