The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose
2013
2h 7m
Music
Overview
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.
Director
William Kentridge
Top Cast
Paulo Szot
Kovalyov
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Andrey Popov
Police Inspector
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Alexander Lewis
The Nose
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Vladimir Ognovenko
Ivan Yakovlevich / Khosrev-Mirza
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Claudia Waite
Praskovya Osipovna / A Pretzel Vendor
James Courtney
The Newspaper Clerk
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Sergei Skorokhodov
Ivan, Kovalyov's Servant
Tatyana Zbirovskaya
An Escorting Lady
Patricia Racette
Self - Host
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Pavel Smelkov
Self - Conductor
