🤔🤣

Oh yes, he was fantastic. Such a wonderful actor as well. He made a great couple together with the equally wonderful Nadezhda Pavlova, who I didn’t know at all.

She was simply ideal. It’s a co-production with the Met, so hopefully she will travel to NYC with it. Though perhaps they’ll want a bigger star?

Had a fabulous night at Dutch National Opera’s Maid of Orleans. I loved it. And I also loved Tcherniakov’s framing, culminating in a very moving love duet, with Lionel helping Joan back into her own clothes, i.e. loving her for who she is. A triumph for all involved, and particularly for Stikhina. ❤️

Plus a fabulous Frans Hals. #glorious #art #CourtauldGallery #London

And the impressionists of course… #glorious #art #CourtauldGallery #London

Botticelli and Bruegel the elder… 😍 #glorious #art #CourtauldGallery #London

#glorious #art #CourtauldGallery #London

#glorious #art #CourtauldGallery #London

Good for you! If their trust doesn’t extend to something so obvious, you’re better off without them.

#Kings #Requiem

…and more Moroni, Parmigianino, Titian and Rembrandt. Breathtaking stuff!

…plus some Moroni and Pourbus the Younger… 🥰