page_title: Roudaki Hall
section_title: Inauguration
hierarchical_section_title: Roudaki Hall / History / Inauguration
caption_attribution_description: English: Schah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Schahbanu Farah Pahlavi, Robert E. Warren, opening of talar-e rudaki, october 25, 1967
context_page_description: The Vahdat Hall, formerly the Roudaki Hall, is a performing arts complex in Tehran, Iran.
context_section_description: As part of the Shah's White Revolution, the Vahdat Hall of Tehran was constructed to function as the national stage for music, opera, and ballet, and was inaugurated by former king Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on October 26, 1967, on the occasion of their coronation. Two weeks of full house performances by international ensembles marked the coronation festivities. Numerous orchestras, opera singers, and dance companies were invited to perform for the occasion.
  The hall is home to the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, Tehran Opera Orchestra, and the Iranian National Ballet Company. Other troupes, ensembles, and artists, such as the Iranian folk dancers, also used the stage of the Vahdat Hall for their presentations.
caption: Robert de Warren (right) being presented to the former king of Iran (left).
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