About Zeina Barhoum
Bio
Zeina Barhoum is a Grand Prix award winning Opera singer. In 2017, she founded Amman Opera Festival, the first Opera focused festival in the Arab World under the Patronage of HRH Princess Muna Al Hussein.
She performed on some of the world’s most prestigious stages and venues
including the Kensington Palace, The Hofburg Palace, Cadogan Hall, The UNESCO Paris, The Rimini Opera and Campidoglio in Italy, Austria, the UK, France, Ukraine, Russia,China, Jordan, UAE and Lebanon with renowned artists, including Italian Baritone and tutor Walter Alberti, Roberto Alagna who is the acclaimed successor of Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli.
She represented Jordan amongst 6 continents in World Opera Day on the 25th of October 2020 in collaboration with Opera for Peace and UNESCO and represented Jordan as well in the classical music and pop genres in the Sound of the Xity Festival with over 30 countries organised by the Government of the People’s Republic of China. She launched the Alcantara album series with the message of Bridging Cultures through music in a variety of languages with pop and classic originals of her own. In 2024, she was invited by representatives of the Vatican to represent Palestine and Jordan in Rome amongst various artists from different countries, opening the concert with an aria in Italian and Arabic titled “Lascia Ch’io
Pianga” that she translated for her album Alcantara. Later followed by performances in Italy, Austria and the UAE. In 2025, she was invited to perform for the opening of The Palestine Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland and later showcased her very own show "A Love Story Through Time" as the first artist to perform live in concert in front of the Treasury in Petra. Zeina was recently invited to perform the theme song of the Golden Panda Film Awards in English and Chinese in China as the only Arab
amongst Chinese and international singers.
Directed, wrote the music, script and libretto of her song and short musical film and song titled Petra, shot in Petra, which was once the capital of the Kingdom of Nabatea. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The film is the first AI / real footage combined, short musical film with that title. The film has recently received an official selection by the Barcelona International Film Festival and nominated by NIFF. The film is soon to be showcased as the first original Jordanian Opera, Petra, in 2026.
Recent Publications
Jordan Times
PETRA — Petra on Monday witnessed a unique artistic experience where well-known Jordanian soprano Zeina Barhoum, accompanied with international musicians and Jordanian Armed Forces Orchestra, performed arias from operas and classical Arabic music.
The event titled "A Love Story Through Time" was organised under the patronage of HRH Princess Muna Hussein in front of Al Khazneh (The Treasury).
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Oh Mio Babbino Caro for World Opera Day
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