The Nose (1979)
Shostakovich’s satirical opera adapted from the classic short story by Nikolai Gogol. Baritone Eduard Akimov leads the cast as Kovalyov, the hapless bureaucrat whose nose has mysteriously gone missing.
Directors: Boris Pokrovskiy, Juri Bogatirenko.
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Eduard Akimov as Kovalyov |
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Alexander Lomonosov as The Nose |
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Valery Belykh as Ivan Yakovlevich |
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Nina Sasulova as Praskovia Osipovna |
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Boris Tarkhov as Policeman |
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Boris Druzhinin as Ivan |
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Ashot Sarkisov as Doctor |
| Sound | Dmitri Shostakovich | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Boris Pokrovskiy | Director |
| Sound | Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Conductor |
| Art | Sergei Alikov | Production Design |
| Art | Alexander Agin | Production Design |
| Directing | Juri Bogatirenko | Director |
| Writing | Georgy Ionin | Writer |
| Writing | Alexander Preis | Writer |
| Writing | Dmitri Shostakovich | Writer |
| Writing | Nikolai Gogol | Story |
| Writing | Evgeny Zamyatin | Writer |