Oil has fuelled the opera boom, but Western expertise has helped
opera by Léo Delibes, a Brahmin priest laments his daughter’s affair with a British officer. The patriarch’s view of forbidden love has a special piquancy at the Royal Opera House, Muscat , where the work was performed earlier this year. One of the most spectacular opera houses in the world, the venue is the flagship of the art form’s swift rise across the conservative Gulf region.
One reason for the fad is economic. Qaboos wants to create jobs for Omanis and diversify beyond oil, including by boosting tourism. Thehas reputedly become Muscat’s second-most-popular sight, after the Grand Mosque; three-quarters of its staff are Omani.
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