"Metropolitan"
A Visit to the Armor Galleries
In the 1920s the Metropolitan Museum of Art began to explore filmmaking as part of its educational program, and in 1924 it released two films about Arms and Armor. In preparation for this new undertaking, Bashford Dean, the head of the Arms and Armor department, sought the advice of Hollywood professionals D. W. Griffith and John Barrymore. "A Visi..
Aida
L’histoire se déroule en Égypte antique, à Memphis et à Thèbes. Une esclave éthiopienne, Aïda, vit à la cour du Pharaon Ramsès III, servant sa fille Amnéris. Toutes les deux sont amoureuses du général égyptien Rhadamès, épris d'Aïda. Au retour d'une campagne militaire contre les Éthiopiens, il ramène comme prisonnier le père de..
L'italiana in Algeri
L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli. Rossini composed L'italiana in Algeri when he was 21 in either 18 or 27 days, depending on which source one believes (Rossini, not surprisingly, pegged it at 18). It premiered at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice on 22 May 1..
