On February 22nd, 2009 Al-Nisr Al Arabi Insurance was the Golden Sponsor for THE OPERA "THE TELEPHONE" that was held at the Main Theatre of the Royal Cultural Centre, under the High Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al-Hussein, by invitation from His Excellency Mr. Denys Gauer, French Ambassador to Jordan. "The Telephone" is an English-language comic opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti, both words and music. It was written for production by the Ballet Society and was first presented on a double bill with Menotti's The Medium at the Heckscher Theatre, New York City, February 18-20, 1947. The Broadway production took place on May 1, 1947, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Metropolitan Opera presented it once, on July 31, 1965. |