The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose (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.
Directors: William Kentridge, Gary Halvorson.
https://www.metopera.org/Season/On-Demand/opera/?upc=811357016824
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Paulo Szot as Kovalyov |
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Andrey Popov as Police Inspector |
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Alexander Lewis as The Nose |
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Vladimir Ognovenko as Ivan Yakovlevich / Khosrev-Mirza |
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Claudia Waite as Praskovya Osipovna / A Pretzel Vendor |
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James Courtney as The Newspaper Clerk |
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Sergei Skorokhodov as Ivan, Kovalyov's Servant |
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Tatyana Zbirovskaya as An Escorting Lady |
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Patricia Racette as Self - Host |
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Pavel Smelkov as Self - Conductor |
| Directing | William Kentridge | Director |
| Writing | Dmitri Shostakovich | Writer |
| Sound | Dmitri Shostakovich | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Gary Halvorson | Director |
| Writing | Nikolai Gogol | Story |
| Writing | Alexander Preis | Writer |
| Writing | Evgeny Zamyatin | Writer |
| Writing | Georgy Ionin | Writer |
