Italian Egyptians which was to be inaugurated in 1871 with the "Aida" by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The Khedivial Opera House or "Cairo Royal Opera House" was the original Opera House in Cairo. It was inaugurated on November 1869 and burned down on October 1971. The opera house was built on the orders of the Khedive Ismail to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal. The Italian Egyptian architects Pietro Avoscani and Mario Rossi designed the building. Pietro Avoscani, before his 1891 death in Alexandria, created even the famous "Corniche" of Alexandria. The fondness of Egyptian monarchs towards Italy appeared in
International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez commented on the execution of the future works or on their management. The comprehensive final report together with the journal of the investigation group and the minutes of the deliberations of the complete commission have been published by Lesseps in Negrelli informed the "K.K. Geographische Gesellschaft" (Imperial Royal Geographic Society) in Vienna about the intended canal and presented them with a copy of the Commission's final report. The society published the information in their own papers: International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez The International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez ("Commission Internationale pour