thumb|right|240px|The [[w:Khedivial Opera House|Khedivial Opera House in 1869.]]
thumb|240px|The Khedivial Opera House.
The Khedivial Opera House or Royal Opera House ( / ALA-LC: Dār Awbirā al-Khudaywī) was an opera house in Cairo, Egypt, the oldest opera house in all of Africa and the Middle East. It was inaugurated on 1 November 1869 and it burned down on 28 October 1971.
The opera house was built on the orders of the Khedive Ismail to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal.
