The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose

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.

• William KentridgeDirector
• Dmitri ShostakovichWriter
• Dmitri ShostakovichOriginal Music Composer
• Gary HalvorsonDirector
• Alexander PreisWriter
• Evgeny ZamyatinWriter
• Georgy IoninWriter

• Paulo SzotKovalyov
• Andrey PopovPolice Inspector
• Alexander LewisThe Nose
• Vladimir OgnovenkoIvan Yakovlevich / Khosrev-Mirza
• Claudia WaitePraskovya Osipovna / A Pretzel Vendor
• James CourtneyThe Newspaper Clerk
• Sergei SkorokhodovIvan, Kovalyov's Servant
• Tatyana ZbirovskayaAn Escorting Lady
• Patricia RacetteSelf - Host
• Pavel SmelkovSelf - Conductor