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...involves two Moroccan princes—Ormindo and Amida—who are in love with the same beautiful woman, Erisbe (who is, of course, unavailable, having married an ancient, wealthy and powerful monarch). The young queen and her two suitors are backed by a cast that includes three Egyptian fortune-tellers, a page, a lady-in-waiting, and a king, all of whom sing lengthy solo arias and pose and mime animatedly. This is meant to be very much in tune with the Baroque style, which suggests the way deep emotion arises out of formal gesture. Performance...
...Metropolitan Museum of Art bids farewell to its director, who has worked at the museum for 45 years, the last 30 as its head, with the exhibit The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions - a hodgepodge of 300 works of art, from a wooden Egyptian statue to Jasper John's White Flag, collected under de Montebello. Through Feb. 1, 2009. 1000 Fifth Avenue, at 82nd Street, New York City...
...behind, from the graceful sweeping plumage of the Resplendent Quetzal to the full zebra pelt mounted on the wall. The ostentatious collection of blue butterflies provides examples of a hue more brilliant than even a Mark Rothko painting; the display of iridescent beetles looks like a showcase for some Egyptian-revival scarab jewels; and the images of the flaps of skin on lizards beneath the chins of males (known as dewlaps) contain rich colors and bumpy textures more complete and expressive than a painting by Roy Lichtenstein. Some of the most fun elements are in the various media boxes spread...
...Tatar’s priorities as chair is to strengthen the Mythology secondary field, which is currently lacking an introductory-type class.“A lot of the freshman who showed up to our open house had all been mythology addicts—they had read Greek, Egyptian, Norse myths and just wanted more of that and in some cases they didn’t get it in high school,” Tatar said. “It was really the stories of their childhood and they were fascinated by them.”Tatar is considering developing...
...University of Cairo (bachelor's in law) and New York University (doctorate in international law) grad has been a lawyer, teacher and diplomat, serving at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as a fellow at the U.N.'s Institute for Training and Research and a professor at New York University School of Law, among other prestigious posts...