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The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose 2013 Directed by William Kentridge , Gary Halvorson

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.

Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language Russian
Gnere Music
Release Date 26 October 2013
127 mins
Cast
Paulo Szot
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
James Courtney The Newspaper Clerk
Sergei Skorokhodov
Sergei Skorokhodov Ivan, Kovalyov's Servant
Tatyana Zbirovskaya
Tatyana Zbirovskaya An Escorting Lady
Patricia Racette
Patricia Racette Self - Host
Pavel Smelkov
Pavel Smelkov Self - Conductor
Crew
Directors
William Kentridge
William Kentridge
Gary Halvorson
Gary Halvorson
Writers
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Alexander Preis
Alexander Preis
Evgeny Zamyatin
Evgeny Zamyatin
Georgy Ionin
Georgy Ionin
Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Story
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gogol