The Opera House was burned down in November 1971. In April 1983, during the visit of Egyptian President Housuni Moubarak to Tokyo, the Japanese Government announced to its intention to offer an new Opera House to Egypt. The construction commenced in March 1984 and lasted for 34 months. The new Opera House was inaugurated in October 1988 in the presence of President Moubarak. It started with contemporaneous Egyptian music and was followed by Japanese Kabuki.

The building of the Opera House in Islamic modern style is composed of courts, domes and arches of concrete covered with Egyptian beige stone. With a marbles ground and windowpanes of colored glass, the building arouses the admiration of its spectators because of its situation near the banks of the Nile. The Opera House consists of the Main Hall with the capacity of 1,200 audiences, the Small Hall with 450 seats and the Open Air Theater hosted 650 spectators.

The National Culture Center of the Ministry of Culture, the Opera House, has from Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Cairo Opera Orchestra, Cairo Opera Choir & Cairo Opera Choir, Cairo Opera Ballet Company, Cairo Opera Dance Theater and Sofia Opera Choir to The Arabic Music and Religious Recitation Group, The National Arabic Ensemble for Music, The Children's Choir and Educative Center for Talents.