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.

• Release date
• October 26, 2013
• Runtime
• 127 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• William Kentridge

Cast

Paulo Szot Kovalyov

A

Andrey Popov Police Inspector

A

Alexander Lewis The Nose

V

Vladimir Ognovenko Ivan Yakovlevich / Khosrev-Mirza

C

Claudia Waite Praskovya Osipovna / A Pretzel Vendor James Courtney The Newspaper Clerk

S

Sergei Skorokhodov Ivan, Kovalyov's Servant Tatyana Zbirovskaya An Escorting Lady