Commitment: Saudi Arabia will build an opera house

Commitment: Saudi Arabia will build an opera house

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norman lebrecht

May 01, 2017

Ahmed al-Khatib, chairman of the kingdom’s General Entertainment Authority, Ahmed al-Khatib, has told Reuters he expects to open several cinemas and an opera house in the coming years.

The last cinemas were shut 40 years ago under religious pressure, but the entertainment authority has been charged with creating western-style diversions at home to stop Saudis squandering their wealth in London and New York.

 

 

 

 

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