Anas el-Wugood is an opera in Arabic by the Egyptian composer Aziz El-Shawan. It was written in 1970 but not premiered until 1994.Sherifa Zuhur Images of enchantment: visual and performing arts of the Middle East p132 1998 "... whose influence is apparent in El-Shawan' s music through the colorful orchestration and use of the melodic line. ... He has also written the first Egyptian opera, Anas al-Wogood, which had its premiere in 1995, thirty years after ..." The premiere of the opera took place at the replaced Khedivial Opera House, funded by the Japanese government as part of a newly constructed National Cultural Centre in Zamalek.
The plot is based on a character from the Arabian Nights, Uns el Wujud "Delight of the World," who was beloved by the fair Zahar el-Waard "Flower of the Rose".Egypt: descriptive, historical and picturesque: 2 Georg Ebers 1884 "natives call it Anas el-Wugood, and Anas el-Wugood was beloved by the fair Zahar el- Ward (Flower of the Rose). ... The castle here meant is the Temple of Isis; and in the story of Anas el-Wugood it is related that the young hero of ..."
Roles
Nabila Erian (Uns el Wujud)
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