Ratiba El-Hefny | |
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Birth name | Ratiba El-Hefny |
Born | Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt | 2 December 1931
Died | 16 September 2013 Cairo, Egypt | (aged 81)
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Ratiba Hefny ( Arabic: رتيبة الحفني; 2 December 1931 – 16 September 2013) was an Egyptian and an international Opera singer ( Soprano) who has performed in more than 500 opera performances. [1] She was the dean of the Higher Institute of Arabic Music in Cairo. She became the director of the Cairo Opera House in 1988.
She grew up in a musical family, her father Mahmoud El Hefny has written more than 45 books on music, and her grandmother, who also was a German opera singer. El-Hefny started playing the piano at the age of five.
She also gave her singing voice to Snow White in Disney's 1975 Arabic edition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. [2]
it has many of the works, including:
Egypt State Incentive Prize in Arts and Letters of the Supreme Council of Culture, in 2004. On 2 December 2017, Google showed a Doodle in few countries for El-Hefny’s 86th Birthday. [3] [4]
On December 2, 2017, Google dedicated a Doodle to the singer for the 86th anniversary of her birth. The Doodle reached all the countries of the Arab World. [5]
Ratiba El-Hefny | |
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Birth name | Ratiba El-Hefny |
Born | Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt | 2 December 1931
Died | 16 September 2013 Cairo, Egypt | (aged 81)
Occupation(s) |
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Ratiba Hefny ( Arabic: رتيبة الحفني; 2 December 1931 – 16 September 2013) was an Egyptian and an international Opera singer ( Soprano) who has performed in more than 500 opera performances. [1] She was the dean of the Higher Institute of Arabic Music in Cairo. She became the director of the Cairo Opera House in 1988.
She grew up in a musical family, her father Mahmoud El Hefny has written more than 45 books on music, and her grandmother, who also was a German opera singer. El-Hefny started playing the piano at the age of five.
She also gave her singing voice to Snow White in Disney's 1975 Arabic edition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. [2]
it has many of the works, including:
Egypt State Incentive Prize in Arts and Letters of the Supreme Council of Culture, in 2004. On 2 December 2017, Google showed a Doodle in few countries for El-Hefny’s 86th Birthday. [3] [4]
On December 2, 2017, Google dedicated a Doodle to the singer for the 86th anniversary of her birth. The Doodle reached all the countries of the Arab World. [5]