The United Arab Emirates' Dubai Opera is bringing the music home to locked-down fans because of coronavirus restrictions, with a series of virtual sessions and performances from famous artists that would be live streamed on social media.

Kicking of the series would be Tunisian artist Ghalia Benali, accompanied by Ali Shaker Al-Bayati on Qanun. Benali will perform a set of her best songs and take requests from audiences in a live interactive session on Dubai Opera’s Instagram channel on June 11 at 8 p.m. Dubai time.

Benali is also expected to exclusively introduce a new song written by Emirati poet “Meera Al-Kasem”, with music produced and composed by Benali.

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For those interested in discovering the “Oriental Pop” genre, Dubai-based Iraqi-Belgian pop and R&B artist Sandra Sahi, known for her diversity, will be performing songs in English, French, and Arabic on June 25, in live interactive session on Dubai Opera’s Instagram channel at 8 p.m. Dubai time.

For Classical music lovers, there will be a performance by Dubai-based Spanish soprano Isabel María Cañada Luna on Dubai Opera’s Facebook account on July 1, at 8 p.m. Dubai time.

The complete show list for the upcoming virtual performances can be found on the Dubai Opera website.