Barrie Kosky makes his Royal Opera debut with a new production of Shostakovich’s surrealist satire, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher and translated by David Pountney.
Cast:
Martin Winkler, Alexander Lewis, John Tomlinson, Rosie Aldridge, Alexander Kravets
Platon Kuzmich Kovalyov
The Nose
Ivan Yakovlevich, the barber / Iaryzhkin, a friend of Kovalyov's
Praskovya Ossipovna, barber's wife
Police Inspector