Ratiba El-Hefny


Ratiba Hefny was an Egyptian and an international Opera singer who has performed in more than 500 opera performances. She was the dean of the Higher Institute of Arabic Music in Cairo. She became the director of the Cairo Opera House in 1988.
She grew up in a musical family, her father Mohamed Ahmed El-Hefny has written more than 45 books on music, and her grandmother to her mother was of a German origin, who also was a German opera singer. Ratiba started playing the piano at the age of five.
She also gave her singing voice to Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Education

it has many of the works, including:
Egypt State Incentive Prize in Arts and Letters of the Supreme Council of Culture, in 2004.
On 2 December 2017, Google showed a Doodle in few countries for Ratiba El-Hefny’s 86th Birthday.

Tribute

On December 2, 2017, Google dedicated a Doodle to the singer for the 86th anniversary of her birth. The Doodle reached all the countries of the Arab World.