The Nose (opera production)

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The Nose (opera production) is William Kentridge’s acclaimed, visually inventive staging of Shostakovich’s satirical opera, noted for its dynamic use of animation, collage, and multimedia stagecraft.

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instanceOf opera production
adaptationOf The Nose (Nikolai Gogol short story)
linked to: The Nose
basedOn The Nose (Dmitri Shostakovich)
The Nose (opera)
cityOfFirstMajorProduction New York City
composerOfSourceWork Dmitri Shostakovich
countryOfFirstMajorProduction United States
criticalReception acclaimed
praised for integration of animation and live action
praised for visual inventiveness
director William Kentridge
firstSeasonAtMet 2009–2010 season
genre 20th-century opera
satirical opera
hasCo-Designer Sabine Theunissen
hasComposerOfAdditionalMusic Philip Miller
hasConductorInMetPremiere Valery Gergiev
hasCostumeDesigner Greta Goiris
hasLightingDesigner Urs Schönebaum
hasPrincipalSinger Paulo Szot
hasProductionDesigner William Kentridge
hasSubjectMatter absurdity of authority
bureaucracy in Tsarist Russia
loss of identity
languageOfSourceWork Russian
notedFor dynamic use of animation
multimedia stagecraft
use of collage
visually inventive staging
performedAt English National Opera
Festival de Música de Granada
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Metropolitan Opera
Opera National de Lyon
premieredAt Metropolitan Opera
productionCompany Aix-en-Provence Festival
English National Opera
Metropolitan Opera
Opera National de Lyon
revivalSeasonAtMet 2013 season
2018 season
roleOfPrincipalSinger Kovalyov
stagingBy William Kentridge
usesMedium animation
collage
multimedia
projection design

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William Kentridge notableWork The Nose (opera production)
The Nose hasAdaptation The Nose (opera)
linked to: The Nose (opera production)
The Nose (opera production) basedOn The Nose (opera)
linked to: The Nose (opera production)
The Nose (opera production) basedOn The Nose (Dmitri Shostakovich)
linked to: The Nose (opera production)
Nos adaptedAs The Nose (opera)
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