The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose

The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose

127 mins | Music | Oct. 26, 2013

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.

The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose

127 mins | Music | Oct. 26, 2013

The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose
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.
Producers
Original title The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose
Directors Gary Halvorson
Writers Georgy Ionin, Alexander Preis, Evgeny Zamyatin, Nikolai Gogol, Dmitri Shostakovich

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

Sergei Skorokhodov

as Ivan, Kovalyov's Servant

Tatyana Zbirovskaya

as An Escorting Lady

Patricia Racette

as Self - Host

Pavel Smelkov

as Self - Conductor