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.
as Kovalyov
as Police Inspector
as The Nose
as Ivan Yakovlevich / Khosrev-Mirza
as Praskovya Osipovna / A Pretzel Vendor
as The Newspaper Clerk
as Ivan, Kovalyov's Servant
as An Escorting Lady
as Self - Host
as Self - Conductor
