Music · 2013 · 2h 7m

The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose

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Director
William KentridgeGary Halvorson
Cast
Paulo Szot as Kovalyov Andrey Popov as Police Inspector Alexander Lewis as The Nose Vladimir Ognovenko as Ivan Yakovlevich / Khosrev-Mirza Claudia Waite as Praskovya Osipovna / A Pretzel Vendor James Courtney as The Newspaper Clerk
Crew
Dmitri Shostakovich — Original Music Composer Dmitri Shostakovich — Writer Evgeny Zamyatin — Writer Georgy Ionin — Writer Alexander Preis — Writer Nikolai Gogol — Story
Synopsis

Acclaimed artist William Kentridge directed and designed this visually dazzling Met premiere production of Shostakovich’s satirical opera, adapted from the classic short story by Nikolai Gogol. Baritone Paulo Szot leads the cast as Kovalyov, the hapless bureaucrat whose nose has mysteriously gone missing. Alexander Lewis and Andrey Popov co-star, and Pavel Smelkov conducts.

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
William Kentridge Director Gary Halvorson Director Dmitri Shostakovich Original Music Composer Dmitri Shostakovich Writer Evgeny Zamyatin Writer Georgy Ionin Writer Alexander Preis Writer Nikolai Gogol Story
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