The Nose (1979)
Music
Overview
Shostakovich’s satirical opera adapted from the classic short story by Nikolai Gogol. Baritone Eduard Akimov leads the cast as Kovalyov, the hapless bureaucrat whose nose has mysteriously gone missing.
Cast
- Eduard Akimov as Kovalyov
- Alexander Lomonosov as The Nose
- Valery Belykh as Ivan Yakovlevich
- Nina Sasulova as Praskovia Osipovna
- Boris Tarkhov as Policeman
- Boris Druzhinin as Ivan
- Ashot Sarkisov as Doctor