On Thursday 29 October, the Tunisian Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to Michael Jackson at the Tunis Opera House, within the Chedly Klibi City of Culture. Conducted by Shady Garfi, this 1-hour-45-minute show revisits his greatest hits, thirty years after his concert at El Menzah on 7 October 1996.
When and where can you catch this tribute in Tunis?
Thirty years after the fervour of El Menzah, this 29 October date at the Tunis Opera House feels like a reunion
The date is set for Thursday 29 October. The Tunisian Symphony Orchestra invites you to the Tunis Opera House for this tribute to Michael Jackson. The stage sits within the Chedly Klibi City of Culture.
Mark the date: the Tunisian Symphony Orchestra carries this project from start to finish. An evening designed for you, lovers of great music, in one of the capital's grand theatres.
What will you hear, and who's conducting?
The baton goes to Shady Garfi, who will conduct this 1-hour-45-minute show. The programme revisits several of the American singer's greatest hits, conceived as a journey rather than a simple parade of singles. The format stays tight, to hold the intensity from start to finish.
This evening belongs to a precise lineage: thirty years after the concert the singer gave at the El Menzah Olympic Stadium on 7 October 1996, Tunis revives this date. For those who were there that night, and for those who weren't yet, the promise is the same.
Why does this tribute fall exactly 30 years later?
On Thursday 29 October, the Tunisian Symphony Orchestra will pay tribute to Michael Jackson at the Tunis Opera House, within the Chedly Klibi City of Culture. The date isn't chosen at random: it falls thirty years after the concert the American singer gave at the El Menzah Olympic Stadium on 7 October 1996.
Conducted by Shady Garfi, the 1-hour-45-minute show will revisit several of the singer's greatest hits.
Thirty years after the fervour of El Menzah, this 29 October date at the Tunis Opera House feels like a reunion: under Shady Garfi's baton, the Tunisian Symphony Orchestra invites you to relive, within the Chedly Klibi City of Culture, the emotional thread that still links Tunis to Michael Jackson today. For those who hold this concert in memory and for the younger ones who've only heard tell of it, this is an evening to book without delay.
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