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.

Directed by William Kentridge, Gary Halvorson

Top cast

Paulo Szot

Kovalyov

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Andrey Popov

Police Inspector

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Alexander Lewis

The Nose

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Vladimir Ognovenko

Ivan Yakovlevich / Khosrev-Mirza

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Claudia Waite

Praskovya Osipovna / A Pretzel Vendor

James Courtney

The Newspaper Clerk

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Sergei Skorokhodov

Ivan, Kovalyov's Servant

Tatyana Zbirovskaya

An Escorting Lady

Patricia Racette

Self - Host

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Pavel Smelkov

Self - Conductor

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