The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose

Directed by William Kentridge and Gary Halvorson

With Paulo Szot, Andrey Popov, Alexander Lewis, Vladimir Ognovenko and Claudia Waite

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.