The Cairo Opera House (Dar Al-Opera Al-Masriya) photographed at night, with its distinctive dome and Moorish-influenced stone facade illuminated in red and warm golden tones. The foreground shows the colonnaded entrance walkway surrounded by manicured garden grounds on Gezira Island. The Cairo Opera House, inaugurated in 1988 on the site of the original Khedivial Opera House, is Egypt's premier performing arts venue and a landmark of cultural life in the Egyptian capital.