The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose
2013 · 127 min
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.
Crew
- Director William Kentridge
- Director Gary Halvorson
- Writer Dmitri Shostakovich
- Writer Alexander Preis
- Writer Evgeny Zamyatin
- Writer Georgy Ionin
- Story Nikolai Gogol
Cast
Paulo Szot
Kovalyov
- A
Andrey Popov
Police Inspector
- A
Alexander Lewis
The Nose
- V
Vladimir Ognovenko
Ivan Yakovlevich / Khosrev-Mirza
- C
Claudia Waite
Praskovya Osipovna / A Pretzel Vendor
James Courtney
The Newspaper Clerk
- S
Sergei Skorokhodov
Ivan, Kovalyov's Servant
Tatyana Zbirovskaya
An Escorting Lady
Patricia Racette
Self - Host
- P
Pavel Smelkov
Self - Conductor
Crew
- Director — William Kentridge
- Director — Gary Halvorson
- Writer — Dmitri Shostakovich
- Writer — Alexander Preis
- Writer — Evgeny Zamyatin
- Writer — Georgy Ionin
- Story — Nikolai Gogol
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