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.

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Cast

Paulo Szot

Andrey Popov

Alexander Lewis

Vladimir Ognovenko

Claudia Waite

James Courtney

Sergei Skorokhodov

Tatyana Zbirovskaya

Patricia Racette

Pavel Smelkov