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Feature film — 2013

The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose (2013)

0.02h 7mMusic

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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Director: William Kentridge

On screen

Cast & crew

Paulo Szot as Kovalyov

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 as The Newspaper Clerk

James Courtney

The Newspaper Clerk

S

Sergei Skorokhodov

Ivan, Kovalyov's Servant

Tatyana Zbirovskaya as An Escorting Lady

Tatyana Zbirovskaya

An Escorting Lady

Patricia Racette as Self - Host

Patricia Racette

Self - Host

P

Pavel Smelkov

Self - Conductor

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