AUC to Host Public Transmission of the Metropolitan Opera Live

Press release

Published January 25th, 2018 - 06:20 GMT

AUC is the fourth institution in Egypt to participate in the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD program.

The American University in Cairo (AUC) is hosting the public transmission of the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, featuring Giacomo Puccini's Tosca.

In Tosca, an opera in three acts, events take place in 1800 where painter Mario Cavaradossi and his lover Floria Tosca hide Cesare Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner. Events unfold as Baron Scarpia, chief of the secret police realizes that Cavaradossi has offered help to the prisoner and a struggle ensues between Tosca and Scarpia to save Cavardossi from execution.

AUC is the fourth institution in Egypt to participate in the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD program.

WHERE

Malak Gabr Arts Theater, AUC New Cairo

WHEN
Saturday, January 27, 2018; 7:30 pm – 11:20 pm

Background Information

American University of Cairo

Founded in 1919, AUC is a leading English-language, American-accredited institution of higher education and center of intellectual, social and cultural life of the Arab world. Its community of students, parents, faculty and staff, trustees, alumni and other generous sponsors represent more than 60 countries. The University stands as a crossroads for the world’s cultures and a vibrant forum for reasoned argument, spirited debate and understanding across the diversity of languages, facilities and human experiences.