Celebrate Italy's great opera tradition with a concert conducted by Donato Renzetti on Italy's National Day at Expo 2020. The Accademia Teatro alla Scala will perform symphonies and famous arias from the best-known works of Verdi and Puccini.

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A spectacular concert showcasing Italy's opera tradition, conducted by Donato Renzetti, in celebration of Italian National Day.

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Join us in celebrating Italy's National Day at Expo 2020

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Italy’s voyage to Expo 2020 began long before opening day, when three custom-crafted boats set sail from Venice, Genoa and Naples. Nearly 10,000 kilometres later, the vessels arrived in Dubai and were hoisted up on steel pillars to form the roof of the Italy Pavilion, a striking showcase of culture, science and the nautical arts.

Inside the pavilion, beyond a dramatic veil of LED strands, stylish exhibits await. See a five-metre-tall 3D-printed replica of Michelangelo’s legendary David statue, learn about algae at a cluster of naturally multicoloured pools or gaze up and contemplate the fanciful hanging gardens embedded in the boats’ hulls.


The Italy Pavilion at Expo 2020 is a dramatic, open structure reminiscent of a giant carnival tent, with a swooping canopy and a layer of 20-metre-tall white strands surrounding its interior like a veil. A set of high steel pillars support its imaginative roof, which is formed from the hulls of three boats.  

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Welcome to a live tour where you control where the guide goes and what you see! Earn points and top the leaderboard, win badges and reveal treasures. Your points convert to Seeds of Change which you can pledge to the cause of your choice. In this Deep Dive episode, you can explore exciting Expo landmarks for the first time! Enjoy watching the show and create a Twitch account to join the chat and earn points! Photosensitivity warning: Some areas in Live@Expo broadcasts may feature bright flashing effects that may affect photosensitive viewers.

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Join the first episode of Live@Expo with our guide Nidal. We meet the people of Expo, visit the incredible Waterfall and catch a sunset view from the Garden in the Sky observation deck!

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Experience the soul of the UAE as you meet the people of Expo 2020.

See what the view of Expo is like from the Garden in the Sky

Interactive, chat-driven tour co-curated by the you, the audience.

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Welcome to an interactive live tour where you and a community of virtual visitors from around the world control where the guide goes and what you see! Earn points and top the leaderboard, win badges and reveal treasures. Your points convert to Seeds of Change which you can pledge to the cause of your choice.

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Join a new virtual tour of the Expo! You control where the guide goes as they explore Expo 2020.

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We celebrate World Food Day by meeting amazing chefs from the African continent and tasting their delicious cuisine at Expo 2020 Dubai! We hear about contemporary African cuisine incorporating traditional and innovative preparation methods that are gaining the attention of the global culinary scene. Top the leaderboard, win badges and reveal treasures. Your points convert to Seeds of Change which you can pledge to the cause of your choice. Enjoy watching the show and create a Twitch account to join the chat and earn points! Photosensitivity warning: Some areas in Live@Expo broadcasts may feature bright flashing effects that may affect photosensitive viewers.

 Ep 8: Chef's Choice at Alkebulan African Food Hall

We celebrate World Food Day by meeting amazing chefs from the African continent and tasting their delicious cuisine at Expo 2020 Dubai! Learn from their rich culinary knowledge and diverse life experiences.

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Interactive, chat-driven tour co-curated by you, the audience.

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World Food Day is an effort to foster an appreciation of our most basic need, food, and to raise awareness of the growing problem of hunger. This celebration will call for global solidarity in rethinking and reshaping food security and agri-food systems in ways that ensure healthy lives and sustain people and planet. Seeking to put all hands on deck to restore balance in agri-food systems, and to create a world with good food for all.

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A celebration and call for global unity on food security.

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In this Chat Plays episode, we explore Opportunity! Adventure with our guide Amani through Bahrain, Pakistan and Lebanon as she gets an inside look - and even a snack! - from their wonderful greeters. We also encounter and defeat STATIC. This action-packed episode is part of the Live@Expo tours where you control where the guide goes and what you see! Earn points and top the leaderboard, win badges and reveal treasures. Your points convert to Seeds of Change which you can pledge to the cause of your choice. Enjoy watching the show and create a Twitch account to join the chat and earn points! Photosensitivity warning: Some areas in Live@Expo broadcasts may feature bright flashing effects that may affect photosensitive viewers.

 Ep 2: Bahrain, Pakistan and Lebanon Pavilions

An introduction to the Opportunity District through a lively tour of the Bahrain, Pakistan and Lebanon pavilions at Expo 2020. Enjoy watching the show!

Discover how to distinguish cultured from natural pearls in the Bahrain Pavilion.

Explore the natural beauty and architecture of Pakistan.

Experience the swings in the Lebanon Pavilion.

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When you live somewhere as densely populated as Bahrain, finding social harmony means learning to fit together, intertwining different cultures and faiths. This is the igniting idea behind the Bahrain Pavilion, which explores density through the imaginative lens of weaving. With a modern design punctuated by hundreds of needle-like silver columns, the pavilion showcases Bahraini weaving’s history through live demonstrations and exhibits. Explore traditional textile crafts, experiment with futuristic woven carbon fibre and sample flavours from Bahraini chefs. Participate in the fun yourself through stations featuring looms and palm weaving.


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A colossal box with thin, lightweight metal skin mysteriously covered with small slits and silver rods towers over visitors at the Bahrain Pavilion. 

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Home to four of the world’s 10 tallest mountains, Pakistan is a place where aiming for the top carries new meaning. At the alpine-looking Pakistan Pavilion, you’ll get a one-of-a-kind tour of the nation’s towering “peaks of progress” in sustainability, sport, science and much more.

Immersive exhibitions await in the pavilion’s wings - five wings, honouring Pakistan’s provinces. Whether it’s exploring the nation’s recent planting of one billion new trees, plucking textile threads to create symphonies of traditional Pakistani music or learning about the World Cup footballs (made in Pakistan since 1970), the pavilion has many unique experiences.


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The Pakistan pavilion's five gently rounded, summit-like structures of varying heights are arranged in a U-shape around a recessed courtyard. Each slope-topped peak, which represents one of Pakistan’s five provinces, is textured with a cross-hatch design of reflective metal plating with a rainbow-like sheen. 

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The Lebanese people have long shown how their deep-rooted culture and extroverted warmth flourish under any conditions. A nation of crossroads, where East meets West, Christianity meets Islam, and tradition meets the cosmopolitan, the Lebanon Pavilion celebrates this Mediterranean nation’s heritage of perseverance, determination and resourcefulness. Visit technology-based “islands” devoted to ancient seafaring Phoenicians, modern-day entrepreneurs and scientists. Experience traditional Lebanese folk music or sample delicious Lebanese cuisine. You may even find yourself in the middle of a flash mob! 

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The Lebanon Pavilion is a low-slung, L-shaped building with a broad wall of windows on its short, curving, front face. The structure is wrapped in horizontal bands of lightly-coloured material, creating a unique striped look. 


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