The Nose

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Eduard Akimov Kovalyov

Alexander Lomonosov The Nose

Valery Belykh Ivan Yakovlevich

Nina Sasulova Praskovia Osipovna

Boris Tarkhov Policeman