The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose (2013)

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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.

GENRES:  Music
DIRECTION:  Gary Halvorson
CAST:  Paulo Szot  •  Andrey Popov  •  Alexander Lewis  •  Vladimir Ognovenko

Cast & Characters

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

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