Fatma Said at the Great Pyramid of Giza
Unique: One artist, One monument, One concert: Fatma Said at the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Fatma Said © Photo by Simon Fowler © Warner Classics
Fatma Said at the Great Pyramid of Giza © Fatma Said, Neutra Production
Fatma Said © Photo by Simon Fowler © Warner Classics
In this dream project brought to glorious life, the sensational Egyptian soprano Fatma Said gives a truly unforgettable recital before some of the most iconic landmarks in the world: the Pyramids of Giza. Joined by opera specialists Les Frivolités Parisiennes under the baton of Franco-British conductor Sammy El Ghadab and special guests, Said pays homage to the many traditions that have shaped her incredible voice, traversing the ages in a programme of popular songs and opera selections.
Songs in Arabic by Dalida and Fairuz blend with French favourites like "La Vie en rose," German Lieder like Strauss's gorgeous "Morgen!", beloved Italian arias by Puccini, Mozart, and Handel, and much more — all filmed with extraordinary sound and video quality in the middle of the desert, in front of an eternal symbol of the soprano's beloved homeland.
Genre Vocal, Orchestral Music
Recording location Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
Production year 2025
Duration 72’/80’ (long version with interview parts, short version: concert only)
Video format 4K/UHD
TV Director Sébastien Lefébvre
Production Company Neutra Production
Distribution TV EuroArts Music International
Distribution VOD / SVOD EuroArts Music International
English title of music work Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, I: "Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio"; George Frideric Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7, Aria, "Lascia ch'io pianga"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Henry VIII, Danse de la gipsy; Pietro Mascagni: Ave Maria; Ruperto Chapi y Lorente: Las hijas del Zebedeo, "Al pensar en el dueno de mis amores"; Robert Stolz: Spiel auf deiner Geige; Henri Rabaud: Marouf, savetier du Caire, I. Danses; Farid El Atrache: Ya zahratan fi khayali; Hildegard Knef: Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen; Edith Piaf/Louiguy: La Vie en rose; Ástor Piazzolla: María de Buenos Aires, Yo soy María; Matthieu Michard: De Passage; Dalida: Helwa ya baladi, Improvisation for Ney, Oud & Derbouka; Mohammed Abdel Wahab/James Whitbourn: La Mosh Ana-l-Abki (arr. for soprano and orchestra); Fairuz: Aatini al naya wa ghanni; Richard Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op. 27, 4. Morgen! (Tomorrow!)
Soloist Fatma Said, soprano
Soloist Thibaut Maudry, violinist
Soloist Hani El Sawaf, darbuka
Soloist Mohamed Ahmed, ney
Soloist Mohamed El Said, oud
Conductor Sammy El Ghadab
Orchestra / Band Les Frivolités Parisiennes
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