The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose
Music
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
- Status
- Released
- Release Date
- Oct 26, 2013
Cast
Paulo Szot
Kovalyov
Andrey Popov
Police Inspector
Alexander Lewis
The Nose
Vladimir Ognovenko
Ivan Yakovlevich / Khosrev-Mirza
Claudia Waite
Praskovya Osipovna / A Pretzel Vendor
James Courtney
The Newspaper Clerk
Sergei Skorokhodov
Ivan, Kovalyov's Servant
Tatyana Zbirovskaya
An Escorting Lady
Patricia Racette
Self - Host
Pavel Smelkov
Self - Conductor
