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The Metropolitan OperaMarch 6 Giuseppe Verdi: Attila March 13 Dmitri Shostakovich: The Nose March 20 Leos Janecek: From the House of the Dead Performance from Fall 2009 March 27 Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet |
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| Acclaimed baritone Paulo Szot makes his Met Opera debut in The Nose |
The Nose premieres at the Metropolitan Opera in a genre-defying production conducted by definitive Shostakovich interpreter Valery Gergiev. The opera centers on a man who wakes up to discover that his nose has disappeared, and it follows his surrealistic travails to get it reattached. Acclaimed baritone Paulo Szot, a Tony Award winner (South Pacific), makes his Met debut in this challenging role. Based on a story written by Nikolai Gogol, The Nose was first produced in 1930 and debuted in Leningrad. A bold satire on bureaucracy, it was unfavorably received in the Soviet Union and was not seen again until 1974.
- Prelude, Three Acts, and Epilogue
- Text (Russian) by the composer, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Georgy Ionin, and Alexander Preiss, based on Nikolai Gogol's story
- World Premiere: Leningrad, Maly Theater, January 18, 1930
- U.S. Premiere: Santa Fe Opera, August 11, 1965 (in English)
- Metropolitan Opera Premiere: March 5, 2010
More: Information:
- Cast bios, opera background, about the composer, story & music, synopsis--Metropolitan Opera website
- Article about The Met's The Nose
The Cast:
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Police Inspector: Andrei Popov
- The Nose: Gordon Gietz
- Kovalyov: Paulo Szot
The Characters:
- Praskovya Osipovna (soprano): The barber's wife.
- Daughter of Pelageya Grigoryevna Podtochina (soprano): Denied by Kovalyov.
- Pelageya Grigoryevna Podtochina (mezzo-soprano): A mother intent on getting Kovalyov to marry her daughter.
- District Police Inspector (tenor): The face of authority.
- The Nose (tenor): The which seems to have a mind of its own.
- Yaryzhkin (tenor): An acquaintance of Kovalyov.
- Pyotr Fyodorovich (tenor): Friend of Kovalyov.
- Ivan (tenor): Kovalyov's servant. .
- Major Platon Kuzmich Kovalyov (baritone): A collegiate assessor; eager to find his nose.
- Ivan Yakovlevich (bass): A barber.
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