Russian Moscow Ballet to Perform at Cairo Opera House

The Cairo Opera House will host the Russian Moscow Ballet, with the participation of the stars of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theatres, for three consecutive shows this February.

They are set to present the famous ballet “The Sleeping Beauty by the international musician Tchaikovsky”.

The shows will be staged on February 22-24 at 08:00 PM at the Grand Theater.

The "Sleeping Beauty" show is one of the most-loved classical ballets. It is a tale of a beautiful princess who pricked a finger on her sixteenth birthday and slept under a spell for a hundred years to be awakened by a princely kiss bestowed with true love.

Notably, Russia is regarded as one of the top countries in the world in the art of ballet, as it began during the reign of Tsarina Anna 1693-1740, who brought from France the most famous ballet trainer at the time and opened for him in 1735 the first specialized school in the city of Saint Petersburg.