09/02/2026
Happy 10th anniversary, Dubai Opera!
This month, we celebrate ten years since the opening of Dubai Opera, a landmark project that helped redefine what a performing arts venue could be in the Middle East.
At the heart of the 645,000-square-foot Dubai Opera is a remarkable 2,000-seat multiform theatre. Designed to embrace an extraordinary range of performances and events, the venue can transform from an opera house to a concert hall, a flat-floor banquet and event space, and more. State-of-the-art mechanized systems move the room’s side boxes, walls, ceiling panels, stage, and seating wagons, completely transforming the space in less than four hours.
And over the past decade, that flexibility has been put to extraordinary use. Dubai Opera opened its doors in August 2016 with a sold-out performance by Plácido Domingo, followed soon after by productions including Les Misérables. Since then, the stage has welcomed an incredible range of artists and productions, from The Phantom of the Opera, La Bohème, Swan Lake, and Othello to the BBC Proms and countless concerts, ballets, musicals, and cultural performances. In its first decade, Dubai Opera has hosted more than 2,500 performances and welcomed more than 1.5 million visitors.
We are proud to have played a part in bringing this extraordinary venue to life and grateful to our partners Inside AtkinsRéalis for their collaboration, creativity, and commitment throughout the project.
Here’s to ten remarkable years of Dubai Opera and to the next chapter of transformation, creativity, and unforgettable performances.
