
The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose
20130.0 rating
- Music
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.
Cast

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

James Courtney
The Newspaper Clerk
- Sergei Skorokhodov
Sergei Skorokhodov
Ivan, Kovalyov's Servant

Tatyana Zbirovskaya
An Escorting Lady

Patricia Racette
Self - Host
- Pavel Smelkov
Pavel Smelkov
Self - Conductor



















