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The opera house is a five-level building that includes a 1300-seat theatre for musical productions, a drama theatre of some 600 seats and a small multipurpose hall. Since its opening, it has been the venue of numerous theatrical performances and concerts of
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in 2010. In 2011, the general director of the house and its company was violinist Maria Arnaout, who produced the short opera
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planned the opera house early in his rule, but work did not recommence until the 2000s and Assad's son
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is installed in the opera house. The organ was built in 2000 by the organ builder Aug. Laukhuff from
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music organization with street children. So far, the opera house has not included in its programmes
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attacks, attributed to rebels against the Syrian government. According to a report in
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Damascus already had an opera house in the 1900s. During the
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Aside from visiting foreign artists, the company produced
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Arabic

Umayyad Square
Damascus
Syria
Coordinates
33°30′44″N 36°16′43″E / 33.51222°N 36.27861°E / 33.51222; 36.27861
Capacity
Damascus Opera company in Arabic
(In English)
Arabic
opera house
Syria
Umayyad Square
French colonial period
Shahbandar
Hafez al-Assad
Bashar
classical European
Arabic music
civil war
Syrian National Symphony Orchestra
Solhi al-Wadi
Maias Alyamani
Malek Jandali
Zaid Jabri
clarinet
Kinan Azmeh
mortar
The Times of Israel

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