Dubai hosts third Opera Ball

The Dubai Opera House hosted the third ball in its history, attended by representatives of international friendship clubs from 15 countries.

According to Daniel Bisslinger, head of the World Youth Festival Directorate, there are no borders for young people, they want to communicate, learn each other’s traditions and create joint cultural and social projects.

Young people from 15 couples from different countries performed a debutante dance to the music of Johann Strauss Jr.

The participants of the ball were representatives of China, Algeria, Tunisia, Sri Lanka, Cote d’Ivoire, Turkey, Bolivia, India, Latvia, Zambia, Benin, Turkmenistan, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

The stars of the event were opera tenor Placido Domingo, Bulgarian singer Sonia Yoncheva, violinist Pavel Milyukov and famous saxophonist Igor Butman. The artists performed with the Vienna Strauss Festival Orchestra conducted by Dmitry Jurowski.