Exterior nighttime photograph of the Cairo Opera House (Dar Al-Opera Al-Masriya), located on Gezira Island in the Zamalek district of Cairo. The building's distinctive dome and cubic modern Islamic-inspired facade are illuminated with red and blue floodlighting, with green-lit trees in the foreground. Opened in 1988, the Cairo Opera House is Egypt's primary performing arts venue and a major cultural landmark on the Nile corniche.