‘Goya: on Screen’ at Pera Museum

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‘The Naked Maja,’ which is starring Ava Gardner, is an opera based on Goya.

Pera Film’s “Goya: On Screen” presents a visual and narrative journey into the life and works of artist Francisco de Goya, running April 28 to July 15. The film has been organized in parallel with the Pera Museum’s exhibition “Goya: Witness of his Time.”

The selected films in this journey will include a passionate narrative directed by master of cinematic colors Carlos Saura, “Goya in Bordeaux;” a detailed visual and intellectual documentary by Robert Hughes, “Goya: Crazy Like a Genius;” a fictional, imaginative story exploring the love between Goya and the duchess of Alba, “The Naked Maja,” starring Ava Gardner; an opera based on Goya and his life by Gian Carlo Menotti, one of the most influential American opera composers of the 20th century; and lastly the 1984 production of TVE’s impressive miniseries “Goya.”