The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose

IMDb 0.0 2013 • 127 min • Music

Director

William Kentridge

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Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Paulo Szot
Paulo Szot Kovalyov
Andrey Popov
Andrey Popov Police Inspector
Alexander Lewis
Alexander Lewis The Nose
Vladimir Ognovenko
Vladimir Ognovenko Ivan Yakovlevich / Khosrev-Mirza
Claudia Waite
Claudia Waite Praskovya Osipovna / A Pretzel Vendor