Released:
2013-10-26

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.

Directors:
William Kentridge, Gary Halvorson

Runtime:
2h 7min

Genre:
Music

• Cast:
• 
  Paulo Szot
  as
  Kovalyov
• 
  Andrey Popov
  as
  Police Inspector
• 
  Alexander Lewis
  as
  The Nose
• 
  Vladimir Ognovenko
  as
  Ivan Yakovlevich / Khosrev-Mirza
• 
  Claudia Waite
  as
  Praskovya Osipovna / A Pretzel Vendor