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.
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
James Courtney
as The Newspaper Clerk
Sergei Skorokhodov
as Ivan, Kovalyov's Servant
Tatyana Zbirovskaya
as An Escorting Lady
Patricia Racette
as Self - Host
Pavel Smelkov
as Self - Conductor
