Dubai Opera at 10: every big night from now to January
Gipsy Kings, Benjamin Clementine, Trevor Noah, the Bolshoi and Swan Lake on Ice. Here is the season, date by date.
Dubai Opera is celebrating its tenth season, and the rest of 2026 is packed. Here are the dates, as listed by Khaleej Times.
October: the Dubai Comedy Festival runs until 18 October. Gipsy Kings Symphonic is on 22 October, and TITIZÉ, A Venetian Dream by Compagnia Finzi Pasca, plays from 29 to 31 October.
November: Benjamin Clementine on 1 November and Ministry of Sound Classical on 7 November. Trevor Noah plays 25, 26, 28 and 29 November, and Hiba Tawaji and Ibrahim Maalouf bring À La Française on 27 November.
December: the Bolshoi Theatre's first official UAE tour runs from 2 to 6 December, ending with three nights of The Nutcracker. Guy Manoukian plays on 11 December, pianist Denis Matsuev on 16 December and Abracadabra on 18 and 19 December.
January 2027: Tony Ann on 10 January, Swan Lake on Ice from 14 to 17 January and Buena Vista All Stars on 24 January.
Head of Dubai Opera Lara Ewing described the season opener as "a soft way of exposing people to different genres".
