Of Fish, Men and Mountains: Rarely Seen Masterpieces at the Courtauld

Posted on by Geoff Andrew

The recently opened exhibition at the Courtauld – Goya to Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Oskar Reinhart Collection – may include only around two dozen paintings, and its title may be a tad misleading: there’s just one Goya on show, and the show has very little (as far as I can tell, anyway) to say about … Continue reading Of Fish, Men and Mountains: Rarely Seen Masterpieces at the Courtauld

From screen to opera stage: the new Festen

Posted on by Geoff Andrew

There was, quite simply, no way I would willingly miss catching Festen, the new opera – based on Thomas Vinterberg’s 1998 Dogma film of the same name – by Mark-Anthony Turnage. Besides the movie connection, it offers an extraordinary cast, a dependably excellent conductor (Ed Gardner) and an acclaimed director (Richard Jones). And even though … Continue reading From screen to opera stage: the new Festen