The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 26, 2013

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Russian

Cast

Vladimir Ognovenko,Tatyana Zbirovskaya,Andrey Popov,Alexander Lewis,Pavel Smelkov,Paulo Szot,Patricia Racette,Sergei Skorokhodov,James Courtney,Claudia Waite

Director

William Kentridge,Gary Halvorson

Writer

Georgy Ionin,Nikolai Gogol,Dmitri Shostakovich,Alexander Preis,Evgeny Zamyatin

Music

Dmitri Shostakovich

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt3114272